The Veteran's sciatica of the left leg is granted service connection as it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability. The appeal for a higher rating for epicondylitis of the right elbow and depressive disorder has been withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals on these issues during the July 2014 Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica of the left leg, epicondylitis of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2015
- Citation
- 1527743
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claim for service connection for sciatica of the left leg.
- Denied
The Veteran's sciatica of the left leg is rated at 10 percent, and the Board found that a higher rating was not warranted based on the evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the September 2020 rating decision severing service connection for lumbosacral strain was not proper and has remanded both issues of whether the September 2020 rating decision was proper, as well as the issue of entitlement to service connection for sciatica of the left leg as secondary to lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded two issues related to the Veteran's service-connected epicondylitis of the right elbow, requesting new VA examinations to determine the current severity and functional impairment.
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