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
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
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- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than February 9, 2022, for the awards of service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Partly granted
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