The Board has granted an effective date of February 10, 2012 for the grant of service connection for radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities (sciatic). The decision is based on the Veteran's informal claim received by VA on February 10, 2012.
The deciding factor: The effective date was set to the date of the informal claim for benefits, February 10, 2012, as this is when the RO first received an informal claim for increased compensation for his lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (sciatic), radcipulopathy of the right lower extremity (sciatic)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19131801
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 denied increased disability ratings for several conditions and remanded issues related to effective dates. The Veteran's claims for higher ratings were based on evidence that did not meet the criteria for increased ratings.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for radiculopathy of both lower extremities, secondary to a service-connected lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease, was granted. The effective date is July 19, 2022.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for service-connected radiculopathy of the left lower extremity.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for various conditions, as no evidence supported an earlier date than May 23, 2019.
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