The Board has determined that the veteran's disability of the lumbar spine, including intervertebral disc syndrome and sciatic nerve impairment, warrants a maximum schedular rating of 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The appellant's disability is already at its highest possible schedular rating under both the old and new criteria for evaluating intervertebral disc syndrome and incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- Disability of the lumbar spine, Sciatic nerve impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0315168
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities, based on sciatic nerve impairment, is granted with a disability rating of 40 percent effective from March 4, 2023. The Veteran's radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities, based on femoral nerve impairment, is also granted with a disability rating of 20 percent effective from March 4, 2023.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine disability and radiculopathy affecting both lower extremities due to missing medical records from VA facilities and an incomplete report of an MRI scan.
- Granted
The Veteran's sciatic nerve impairments of both lower extremities are rated at 20 percent each, effective January 8, 2013.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy was previously rated at 20% prior to February 4, 2019. From that date forward, the condition has been rated at 60%. The appeal is denied for increased ratings.
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