The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement was reduced from a 20 percent rating to a 10 percent rating, but the Board found this reduction improper and restored the original 20 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no sustained improvement in the Veteran's disability under ordinary conditions of life, thus restoring her original 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2024
- Citation
- A24043087
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 26, 2021, for the award of service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, but remanded several other claims including service connection for a cervical spine condition, upper extremity radiculopathies, hearing loss, thrombocytopenia, and TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with IVDS, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a scar on the lumbar spine.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that remand is necessary to confirm the Veteran's precise dates of all periods of active duty service, ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA. The AOJ should also obtain and associate with the claims file any and all outstanding medical records from the Veteran's periods of ACDUTRA and/or INACDUTRA.
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