Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a separate compensable rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy involving a nerve branch other than the sciatic nerve due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as there has not been substantial compliance with the terms of the previous remand directives, and an adequate opinion addressing whether there is involvement of a nerve branch other than the sciatic nerve in the Veteran's service-connected left lower extremity radiculopathy is required.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy involving a nerve branch other than the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25012607
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