The Board granted earlier effective dates for increased ratings and restored previous ratings for various service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings arose from a TDIU claim filed on June 21, 2022, but there was no factually ascertainable increase in disability within the year prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the spine with intervertebral disc syndrome with spondylolisthesis, Residual scars associated with postoperative cervical spine herniated nucleus pulposus C5-6, Right upper extremity radiculopathy which was added to the evaluation of right carpal tunnel syndrome (right upper extremity disability), Left lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, Left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Right lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, Right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025204
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Granted
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