Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's low back disability, granted a 20 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy beginning May 11, 2011, and denied a compensable rating for a lumbar spine scar associated with the service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's low back disability did not warrant an increased rating due to its functional limitations, while his lower extremity radiculopathy warranted a 20 percent rating based on moderate incomplete paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, lumbar spine scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25013184
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