The Board has granted an effective date of May 1, 2012 for the award of service connection for sciatica of the left lower extremity. The Veteran's symptoms were present prior to this date but did not meet the criteria for a separate rating until February 26, 2014.
The deciding factor: The effective date was assigned based on the date of receipt of the claim for an increased rating for lumbosacral spine disability, which included the claim for sciatica of the left lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105354
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 Board denied the veteran's appeals for service connection due to untimely filings.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for various conditions and reduced his evaluation, as the appeals were not timely filed.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy as it is etiologically linked to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes. Other claims were remanded for further development.
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