The Veteran's sciatic nerve disability of the right lower extremity was reduced from 20 percent to 0 percent, but this reduction is now restored.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed improvement in the Veteran’s condition on a single day, but his testimony regarding how it affects him in daily life and work is equally probative.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic nerve disability of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19104892
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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