The Veteran's claim for higher ratings was granted, with a 20 percent rating assigned for his low back condition and a 60 percent rating for his right foot drop.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran had severe incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve in his right lower extremity, resulting in significant functional impairment and atrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- status post hemilaminectomy with microdiscectomy, L5-S1, right foot drop
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2011
- Citation
- 1118205
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right foot drop as secondary to the service-connected lumbosacral spine condition. The claims for right ankle, right knee, and left knee conditions are remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of current conditions or residuals that would warrant higher ratings.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and right foot drop. The claim for urinary dysfunction was remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for liposarcoma and its residuals, as well as entitlement to a total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU), resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
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