The Veteran's radiculopathy in the right and left lower extremities were granted service connection effective December 12, 2011. Effective dates for TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate are also established.
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed a claim of service connection for a low back disability on December 12, 2011, which included radiculopathy in his lower extremities as part of that claim. The effective dates were set based on when treatment records indicated the onset of symptoms related to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine, rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008504
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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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