The Veteran's initial 40 percent rating for left lower extremity neurological impairment is granted. The Board also remanded the issues of entitlement to a higher rating and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms, including pain, paresthesias, and numbness, more nearly approximated moderate incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Lower Extremity Neurological Impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2024
- Citation
- 24002310
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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