The veteran's service-connected lumbar plexopathy with right sacroiliac posterior dislocation is currently rated at 40 percent, and the Board has determined that a 60 percent rating is warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows severe incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve affecting the right leg, which meets the criteria for a 60 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar plexopathy with right sacroiliac posterior dislocation, fracture of the left femur with leg shortening, scars and skin graft, residuals of fracture of the left hip, arthrotomy of the right knee, fracture of the left elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0205276
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