Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 1, 2017, for the award of a 20 percent rating for left and right lower extremity sciatica but denied higher ratings. It also granted an effective date of December 11, 2017, for TDIU and DEA benefits.
The deciding factor: The increase in disability was factually ascertainable as of January 2017, supporting the earlier effective date for the left lower extremity sciatica rating; however, there was no evidence of moderately severe incomplete paralysis to support a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity sciatica, right lower extremity sciatica
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010876
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