The Veteran's left lower extremity nerve impairment is currently rated at 20 percent, and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not document any chronic impairment of any one sensory or motor area which could be distinguished based on the involved peripheral nerve from the sciatic nerve impairment or muscle injury and which would approximate the impairment required for a separate compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity nerve impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054820
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