The Board granted a 20 percent rating for lumbar radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve prior to October 5, 2020.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed at worst moderate constant pain, moderate paresthesias and dysesthesias and moderate numbness, which characterized his symptoms as mild incomplete paralysis of the right internal popliteal and anterior tibial nerves. The Board granted a 20 percent rating in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24001311
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Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to address trophic changes, gait changes, and the effects of medications on the Veteran's radiculopathy symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for lumbar radiculopathy and special monthly compensation due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right sciatic nerve radiculopathy was rated at 10 percent prior to August 18, 2022 and denied a higher rating. For the period beginning August 18, 2022, he is denied a rating in excess of 20 percent.,The Veteran's left sciatic nerve radiculopathy was granted a separate 10 percent rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety has been granted a 50 percent rating.,Seasonal allergic rhinitis is not compensable under the applicable rating criteria.,Service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, bilateral radiculopathy of the left and right sciatic nerves have all been granted.,Service connection for eczema has been granted.,Service connection for headaches has been granted.,Left ankle injury with residual small bony fragment of the left os navicularis has been granted.
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