The Board has granted service connection for sciatica of the bilateral lower extremities as secondary to service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine. The initial rating for a lumbosacral spine disability remains denied.
The deciding factor: The January 2014 VA medical opinion found that the Veteran's DDD of the lumbar spine would likely cause bilateral sciatica in his lower extremities, and this is considered sufficient to establish service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192194
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sciatica of the bilateral lower extremities to the AOJ for correction of an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sciatica of the bilateral lower extremities, and for increased ratings for PTSD, traumatic arthritis of the lumbar spine; residuals right knee injury; right inguinal hernia; fracture of the left index finger; and tinea versicolor.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied. The appeals for earlier effective dates were dismissed as a matter of law.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder due to inadequate opinion regarding in-service and post-service symptomatology.
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