The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's RLE femoral nerve radiculopathy was found to be at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected severe multilevel lumbar spine DDD based on a private medical opinion and VA examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24032620
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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- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than February 9, 2022, for the awards of service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to ensure that all relevant evidence is properly considered.
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