The Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity nerve disorders have not met the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to December 14, 2014 or since that date. The VA examinations conducted found mild to moderate symptoms consistent with the current level of disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any evidence of severe incomplete paralysis as required by the diagnostic codes for peripheral neuropathy and nerve paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Sciatic Nerve, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Sciatic Nerve, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Femoral Nerve, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Femoral Nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2018
- Citation
- 1823299
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