The Veteran's service connection claims for gastrointestinal disorder and psychiatric disability are being remanded due to the need for additional examination.,No effective date earlier than October 2, 2015, is granted for the grants of service connection for sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the LLE, RLE, femoral nerve radiculopathy of the LLE, and femoral nerve radiculopathy of the RLE.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims for gastrointestinal disorder and psychiatric disability are being remanded due to the need for additional examination.,No effective date earlier than October 2, 2015, is granted for the grants of service connection for sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the LLE, RLE, femoral nerve radiculopathy of the LLE, and femoral nerve radiculopathy of the RLE.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability including PTSD or other psychiatric disability, Gastrointestinal disorder manifested by constant diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19136279
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