The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of April 5, 2018, for the award of service connection for radiculopathy, right sciatic nerve.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuaded that the Veteran's claim for a right leg neurological condition since she filed her new claim on April 5, 2018, and the August and November 2022 examiners' opinions are based on an accurate medical history and consistent with the record as whole.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy, right sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25024238
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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