The Board granted an effective date of October 3, 2011 for the grant of service connection for left and right sciatic nerve radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies have been present since he filed his claim for service connection on October 3, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- left sciatic nerve radiculopathy, right sciatic nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066907
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to provide the Veteran with notice of her right to a hearing before the AOJ.
- Granted
The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left sciatic nerve radiculopathy, effective May 31, 2018, and awarded a total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) effective July 30, 2012.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, and pseudofolliculitis barbae, among other issues, with specific ratings and effective dates.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right sciatic nerve radiculopathy, finding that the evidence did not support a disability rating in excess of 20 percent.
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