The veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine and sacroiliitis is rated at 40 percent, and service connection for sciatica of the left lower extremity was granted.
The deciding factor: The limitation in motion to 30 degrees forward flexion supports a 40 percent evaluation under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine. The veteran's sciatica of the left lower extremity is found to be etiologically related to his service-connected degenerative disc disease.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica of the left lower extremity, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine and sacroiliitis, sciatica of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0811087
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 Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's sciatica of the left lower extremity, finding that the evidence supports moderate incomplete paralysis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sciatica of the left lower extremity due to a need for an addendum opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 40 percent for the right lower extremity sciatica and denied higher ratings for both left and right lower extremities, as well as service connection for incomplete paralysis of the right external popliteal nerve and TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 22, 2021, for the assignment of a 40 percent evaluation for service-connected lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and for the award of service connection sciatica of the left lower extremity.
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