The Board has determined that the Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy is a separate compensable rating, but no other neurological manifestations of his lumbosacral disc disease are separately rated.
The deciding factor: Neurological findings showed increased insertional activity and moderate increased spontaneous activity in the left gluteus medius muscle, indicating left lower extremity radiculopathy as a separate manifestation from right leg radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral disc disease, neurological manifestations
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1333607
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