The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for left and right sciatic radiculopathy, effective June 14, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed moderately severe incomplete paralysis in the Veteran's bilateral lower extremities, warranting a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- left sciatic radiculopathy, right sciatic radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026533
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and other benefits, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or additional compensation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis and a 20 percent rating for right sciatic radiculopathy, but denied higher ratings for left sciatic radiculopathy, chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), service connection for chronic sinusitis, pain of the right knee, bilateral hearing loss, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for service-connected radiculopathies, as well as an earlier effective date for DEA benefits.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for thoracolumbar small disc protrusion, with intervertebral disc syndrome, disc bulge at L3-L4 and L4-L5 and degenerative disc disease, and left sciatic radiculopathy due to a need for additional evidence.
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