Granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 17, 2019, for the award of service connection for bilateral lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy and bilateral lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's subjective symptoms and the positive straight leg testing in April 2021 VA examination provided sufficient evidence to establish the presence of radiculopathy as a result of his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, Bilateral lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015808
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