Radiculopathy & sciatica Board decisions

Your original disability rating for your low back condition was granted at a 40% level. The VA increased it to a 60% level effective September 1, 1993, which satisfies your request.

The veteran's service-connected chronic lumbar syndrome was granted a 40 percent evaluation effective June 1, 1993.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected low back disability was granted, and the effective date of his award of Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is set at November 19, 1989.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected lumbar paravertebral myositis and bilateral L5-S1 radiculopathy is well grounded. The RO assigned a 40 percent disability rating effective June 27, 1996, but did not address the period from March 29, 1995 to June 27, 1996. Therefore, the case is being remanded for further development.

The Board denied extraschedular ratings for the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine and lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to February 3, 2011.

The Veteran's appeals were dismissed due to the death of the appellant. The issues related to service connection for various conditions and disability ratings.