The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 60 percent for right leg muscle atrophy, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show complete paralysis or more than marked muscular atrophy to warrant a higher rating under DC 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg muscle atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25013259
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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