The Board has granted service connection for radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, but denied it for the left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on aggravation of a pre-existing disability (lumbar spine disability) and denied due to lack of a current diagnosis of radiculopathy in the left lower extremity.
- 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
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Decisions by this judge: 2,092 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The veteran's service connection for a back disability and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity was granted.
- Dismissed
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