The appeal for service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve is dismissed as the benefits sought have been granted.
The deciding factor: The issues are moot because the claims were fully resolved in a subsequent rating decision, granting service connection for the conditions secondary to a now-service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25001016
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Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and evaluation due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The appellant's lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy are all rated at 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and to obtain outstanding private treatment records. The issues of TDIU are also being remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing or following substantial gainful employment since January 1, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for additional evidence and an addendum VA examination to address the severity of the sciatic nerve and whether a separate rating is warranted.
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