The Veteran's depression is granted as secondary to his service-connected disabilities.,There is no evidence of hypertension during or after service, and the claim for hypertension is denied.,Peyronie's disease is denied as there is insufficient evidence linking it to active service.,Right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy are both granted with a 40% evaluation, effective October 18, 2018.,The claims for entitlement to earlier effective dates for the evaluations of right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathies are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's depression is proximately due to his service-connected disabilities, specifically his sciatic nerve radiculopathies.,There is no evidence of hypertension during or after service. The claim for hypertension is denied.,Peyronie's disease was not shown to be related to active service and thus the claim is denied.,The 40% ratings for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathies are granted as they have demonstrated improvement in function under ordinary conditions of life and work, despite some fall risk due to radiculopathy.,As the claims for earlier effective dates were addressed by granting the previous evaluations, these claims are dismissed.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, hypertension, Peyronie's disease, right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20078168
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