The Board granted earlier effective dates of June 5, 1984 for service connection for IBS and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 40 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The STRs added to the record in August 2015 were relevant to the claims for service connection for IBS and right lower extremity radiculopathy, leading to an earlier effective date. However, it was not factually ascertainable that the back disability increased in severity during the one-year period prior to June 3, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Right Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Lumbosacral Strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016258
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