The Veteran was granted a 20 percent disability rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and myopathy effective April 26, 2017.,An earlier effective date of May 19, 2011 is granted for the grant of a 20 percent disability rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy with myopathy. The effective date for the 40 percent disability rating for discogenic disc disease of the lumbar spine remains April 26, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and myopathy was granted with a 20 percent disability rating effective April 26, 2017. The Board found that the evidence did not show moderate incomplete paralysis prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy with myopathy, discogenic disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001918
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 112 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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