The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected radiculopathy, including determining an appropriate effective date and rating for his conditions. The Veteran is also required to provide additional information regarding his employment history prior to August 2015.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather about the timing of award and ratings related to existing service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, right lower extremity, raticulopathy, sciatic nerve, left lower extremity, raticulopathy, sciatic nerve, right lower extremity, raticulopathy, femoral nerve, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24002934
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (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 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective date issues related to his service-connected herniated disc, lumbar spine are being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his increased rating of 40 percent for service-connected herniated disc, lumbar spine is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the issue of a higher rating.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and initial ratings related to his degenerative disc disease, cervical spine are being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for radiculopathy, middle radicular group, left upper extremity is being remanded as it requires additional development of his medical records.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, left lower extremity is also being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar spine DDD, radiculopathy of the femoral nerve (left and right), and rhabdomyopathy/neuromyopathy of the sciatic nerve (bilateral) have been granted. He is now rated at 20 percent for each condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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