The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his sacroiliac injury and inflammation of the sciatic nerve, finding that a 40 percent rating was warranted for the sacroiliac injury but denying any increase in rating for the sciatic nerve prior to September 14, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's limitation of motion of the back due to his sacroiliac injury resulted in severe impairment, warranting a 40 percent evaluation. The inflammation of the sciatic nerve did not meet the criteria for higher ratings based on its incomplete paralysis status prior to September 14, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- sacroiliac injury, inflammation of sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0209725
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- Granted
The Veteran's current back disability, including lumbosacral strain, sacroiliac injury, sacroiliac weakness, and bilateral radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, is directly related to his in-service April 1988 motor vehicle accident. The Board has granted service connection for these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to October 20, 2021, for service connection of intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) with sacroiliac injury, lumbosacral strain, and degenerative disc disease (DDD), left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to IVDS, right lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to IVDS, and a linear low back scar microdiscectomy as secondary to IVDS.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), sacroiliac injury, and sacroiliac weakness on a direct basis as chronic disease under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b) due to continuous symptoms since service.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for a rating in excess of 20 percent for her left sacrum and sacroiliac injury, as well as service connection for her knee disorders, were denied. The Board found no evidence to support the claims.
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