The Veteran's sciatica of the right lower extremity has been rated at 20 percent since October 29, 2015.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms have stabilized and do not warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Sciatica of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639669
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability and sciatica of both lower extremities, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected foot and knee disabilities, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including anxiety and several musculoskeletal issues. The Veteran's claims were not supported by the evidence of record.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's low back condition and sciatica of both lower extremities, finding that these conditions are related to his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative spondylosis of the thoracic spine is granted service connection.,Service connection for sciatica of the right and left lower extremities is granted with an initial evaluation of 20 percent disabled, effective November 13, 2019.,Effective date earlier than November 13, 2019, for service connection for sciatica of the right and left lower extremities is denied.
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