The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 21, 2018 for the grant of service connection for right femoral radiculopathy was denied.,The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right femoral radiculopathy was denied.,The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for his back disability was denied.
The deciding factor: The effective date is not earlier than November 21, 2018 because the diagnosis of right lower extremity radiculopathy did not arise until that date.,The Veteran's symptoms do not warrant a higher rating as they are no worse than mild.,There is no indication from the record that the Veteran has flexion limited to 30 degrees or less, and his disability does not meet criteria for an intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) with incapacitating episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- right femoral radiculopathy, back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19195964
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