The Board has granted an earlier effective date of September 7, 2015 for the award of a 30 percent rating for left lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The earliest onset of severe incomplete paralysis of the left lower extremity femoral nerve was found in 2011, but the Veteran reported symptoms consistent with this level of impairment since at least April 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187516
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Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there are pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, and thus remands the case to obtain addendum medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for various rating and service connection claims due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings for his bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings in various lower extremity radiculopathy conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
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