Radiculopathy & sciatica Board decisions

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, manifesting in the femoral nerve, and service connection for the same condition secondary to a service-connected disability. The TDIU claim was dismissed as moot.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and therefore all claims for higher ratings and earlier effective dates were dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar intervertebral disc syndrome, with degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, and lumbosacral strain; lumbar radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities, sciatic nerve; and migraines.

The Board remands the claims for a back disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy to obtain outstanding treatment records from non-VA providers.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability in accordance with VA standards.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome but denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and pelvic floor disorder.

The Board granted service connection for right wrist disability and assigned a 100% rating. It denied increased ratings for cervical spine, left upper extremity radiculopathy, and left wrist disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, left knee joint osteoarthritis, and right knee joint osteoarthritis secondary to plantar fasciitis due to inadequate medical opinions regarding aggravation.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, depressive disorder, and a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis. It granted a 20% disability rating for the left and right leg disabilities but denied increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and left lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that these conditions are related to a traumatic motor vehicle accident during active duty service.

The Board granted an increased rating of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, but remanded several other claims including service connection for a cervical spine condition, upper extremity radiculopathies, hearing loss, thrombocytopenia, and TDIU.

The Board denied a higher rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy and the effective date of service connection, finding that moderate incomplete paralysis was present from March 3, 2022.

The Board denied the claims for increased ratings and remanded certain issues for further development.

The Board granted an initial 40 percent rating for incomplete paralysis of the left sciatic nerve and denied a higher rating, while remanding service connection for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity.

The Board remands the claims for higher ratings of the Veteran's service-connected low back and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities due to a predecisional duty to assist error in not providing the Veteran's attorney with the VA examiner's training history and credentials.

The Board remands the claims for service connection of left and right knee pain as secondary to lower extremity radiculopathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left upper extremity lower radicular group radiculopathy, and right upper extremity upper radicular group radiculopathy.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection and a higher disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric condition.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 11, 2011, for the award of a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied an earlier effective date for a 40 percent rating for degenerative arthritis of the spine with intervertebral disc syndrome.

The appeal for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, was dismissed because the Board granted service connection in a February 2025 rating decision.