The Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar disability and related radiculopathies have been granted with effective dates of February 24, 2017.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened due to the submission of new evidence relevant to the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis (lumbar disability), right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, femoral nerve, left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24042822
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, sciatic nerve and entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, while remanding several other claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for his service-connected conditions, finding no evidence that supported a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to March 9, 2016, or 20 percent from that date.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for left and right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, but remanded an increased rating higher than 20 percent for cervical strain.
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