The Veteran's service-connected low back disabilities are now rated at 40 percent from October 25, 2017.,The Veteran's service-connected radiculopathy affecting the right sciatic nerve is now rated at 40 percent from October 25, 2017.,The Veteran's service-connected radiculopathy affecting the left sciatic nerve is now rated at 40 percent from October 25, 2017.,The Veteran's service-connected radiculopathy affecting the right anterior crural (femoral) nerve is now rated at 30 percent from April 25, 2023.,The Veteran's service-connected radiculopathy affecting the left anterior crural (femoral) nerve is now rated at 30 percent from April 25, 2023.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical evidence showed that the Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for a higher disability rating based on his limited motion of the thoracolumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, spinal stenosis, and herniated disc (service-connected low back disabilities), Radiculopathy affecting the right sciatic nerve, Radiculopathy affecting the left sciatic nerve, Radiculopathy affecting the right anterior crural (femoral) nerve, Radiculopathy affecting the left anterior crural (femoral) nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24011482
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected low back disability was granted a 40 percent evaluation from April 15, 2015, to April 7, 2016, and from June 1, 2016, to the present. The RO also increased his evaluations for radiculopathy affecting the left sciatic nerve, right sciatic nerve, left femoral nerve, and right femoral nerve.
- 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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected musculoligamentous strain, right knee, is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.
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