The veteran's disability rating for his back condition was improperly reduced and has been restored to 20% effective June 14, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not receive proper notice of a reduction in the disability rating which resulted in a reduced amount of compensation payable to the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005360
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 575 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for initial ratings assigned for intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity sciatic nerve, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity sciatic nerve, and painful scar from microdiscectomy were dismissed because he had already filed a pending supplemental claim regarding these issues.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 20 percent evaluation of intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left knee strain with patellofemoral pain syndrome and intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain are remanded due to the need for additional examinations to assess the severity of his conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain and radiculopathy, left femoral nerve were denied. The case is remanded to issue a supplemental statement of the case.
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