The Board granted earlier effective dates of June 18, 1992 for the lumbar spine condition and January 7, 1999 for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy (femoral and sciatic nerves).
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced in favor of finding that the claims remained pending until October 2018, and new and material evidence was added to support the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy (femoral nerve), Bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), Lumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25003619
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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