The Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve) and femoral nerves have been denied.,The Board finds that the weight of the evidence is against finding that the criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent are warranted for the Veteran's left and right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic and femoral nerves).
The deciding factor: The disability picture associated with the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy does not more nearly approximate moderately severe or severe incomplete paralysis under the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Left leg radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), Right leg radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), Left leg radiculopathy (femoral nerve), Right leg radiculopathy (femoral nerve)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- A21016487
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