The Board denied increased ratings for service-connected right side ilioinguinal nerve entrapment and incomplete paralysis of the left genitofemoral nerve, finding that the conditions are primarily manifested by sensory disturbance and pain without evidence of motor function impairment or other complications.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show complete paralysis in either lower extremity, and there is no evidence of impairment of motor functions, trophic changes, loss of reflexes, muscle atrophy, or complete paralysis. The most probative evidence indicates sensory disturbance and pain as the primary manifestations of the service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- ilioinguinal nerve entrapment, genitofemoral nerve incomplete paralysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20077176
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- Denied
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