The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve is characterized by moderately severe incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve, and a rating of 40 percent has been granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's disability has been characterized by moderately severe to severe pain, decreased sensation and reflexes, and numbness of the left lower extremity. There have been no findings of muscular atrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130638
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain, but denied earlier effective dates for the right and left lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for a higher rating and TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support symptoms greater than moderate incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claims for increased ratings for various radiculopathies in the lower extremities are remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for higher initial disability ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic, femoral, and external cutaneous nerves to obtain a medical opinion regarding the ameliorative effects of prescribed medications on the Veteran's symptoms.
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