The Board has granted service connection for radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, but denied it for the left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's radiculopathy in the right lower extremity is proximately due to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, radiculopathy in the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20074600
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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- Partly granted
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