The Veteran's claim for increased disability compensation associated with his low back disability was received on September 28, 2007. The May 2010 rating decision granted service connection for radiculopathy of the lower extremities, awarding separate 10 percent ratings for each extremity effective April 21, 2010. The Board found that the earliest date upon which it is factually ascertainable that the Veteran experienced radiculopathy of the lower extremities associated with his service-connected low back disability was September 19, 2007.
The deciding factor: The private medical examination reports submitted in April 2010 were considered as new evidence and material to the claim for an increased rating for the Veteran's low back disability. As these reports showed radiculopathy associated with his service-connected low back disability, they led to a partial grant of the claim resulting in separate ratings for radiculopathy of the lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1438010
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