Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy but granted service connection for radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities as secondary to his service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating due to limited forward flexion, while the Veteran's radiculopathy was found to be causally related to his service-connected back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy (previously rated as lumbosacral strain with scoliosis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022080
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