The Board denied service connection for radiculopathy, right lower extremity as it is not related to the Veteran's military service or his service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: There was no competent evidence showing a causal relationship between the Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy and service or his service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000677
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 291 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, lower back condition, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, and bilateral hearing loss.,There is no evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all appeal issues as the Veteran withdrew his appeals prior to a decision being made.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for thoracolumbar spine and secondary service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for individual unemployability (TDIU) and service connection for sinusitis and abdominal pain, residuals, removal of colon, severe constipation were dismissed due to duty to assist errors found in the August 2021 rating decision.,Residuals of a menstrual disorder, to include status post hysterectomy; residuals, removal of gallbladder; GERD with acid reflux disease and epigastric pain; lumbar spine condition; radiculopathy, right lower extremity; radiculopathy, left lower extremity; dry eye syndrome; left knee pain; right shoulder pain; left shoulder pain; and right ankle condition were all granted.
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