The Board granted an effective date of November 23, 2019, for the grant of service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The earliest competent and probative evidence of bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy was a private record dated November 23, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral strain, left lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24063725
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.
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