The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy effective August 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported moderate incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve bilaterally from August 10, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic), left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25032930
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Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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