The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than January 29, 2013 for the award of service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy is denied.,The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than June 8, 2017 for the awards of an 80 percent rating for narcolepsy with cataplexy and sleep paralysis; a 20 percent rating for benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatitis, and hypotonic bladder; and a 20 percent rating for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis are denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than June 8, 2017 for the award of TDIU is denied.
The deciding factor: The legal authority governing effective dates is clear and specific, and the Board is bound by that authority. The Veteran has been assigned an effective date that is more favorable than the date of the June 8, 2017 claim for a TDIU that resulted in the grant of benefits at issue.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy, narcolepsy with cataplexy and sleep paralysis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatitis, and hypotonic bladder, lumbar spine degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21075913
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found the eligibility determination for PCAFC enrollment to be legally inadequate and remanded for a new medical opinion that adequately addresses the criteria for eligibility as set forth in VA regulations.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied the claims for right knee disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, sleep apnea, and hypertension. The decision is remanded for further action on these issues.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for middle and index trigger finger/stenosing tenosynovitis of the right hand, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The earliest effective date is June 30, 2012, for the right hand condition and April 22, 2016, for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
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