Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 40% disability rating for their service-connected spinal conditions but denied a higher rating. The effective date of the rating is September 1, 2011.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's symptoms and range of motion testing results.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the spine, bulging disc, spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25002424
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