The Board has remanded the case for additional medical opinions to address whether the Veteran's current right leg sciatic nerve radiculopathy is secondary to his service-connected left leg femoral nerve disability and/or low back disability. The claims are also inextricably intertwined with the Veteran's pending claim for a low back disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will need to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's current right leg sciatic nerve radiculopathy is aggravated by his service-connected left leg femoral nerve disability and/or low back disability, as well as determine if these conditions are proximately due to or the result of the October 2006 slip and fall injury.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg sciatic nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22005974
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 6, 2021, but no earlier, for the award of a 10 percent rating for right hip strain, impairment of the thigh. Other claims were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision, leaving no issues for review.
- Granted
The Veteran's sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the left and right legs has been granted an initial 60 percent rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, including his past work as an account representative or in systems design.
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