The Veteran's lower extremity radiculopathy conditions are currently rated at 10 percent each, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The available evidence indicates that the Veteran's disability picture does not more closely approximate a level of moderate, moderately severe, or severe incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerves. The symptoms are consistently noted as mild, wholly sensory, and without physical manifestations such as motor and/or reflex impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Sciatic Nerve, Right Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Sciatic Nerve, Left Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Femoral Nerve, Right Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Femoral Nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24065025
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,963 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates were denied.,Both the lumbar spine condition and right lower extremity radiculopathy were rated at 40 percent, with no higher rating granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's depressive disorder due to another medical condition with mixed features is granted a rating of 50 percent.,Service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and somatic symptom disorder are all granted.,Service connection for pain of lumbar spine, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy are all granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative disc disease and associated radiculopathy, as the record does not include all relevant treatment records prior to back surgery.
- Partly granted
The Board denied higher ratings for tinnitus, OSA, and decreased anal sphincter tone of unknown etiology. The 20 percent rating was restored for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, and the appeal for restoration following the proposed reduction in evaluation for right knee flexion was dismissed.
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