The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and his active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a causal relationship between the Veteran's current bilateral extremity radiculopathy and active service due to the lack of in-service incurrence or aggravation and absence of medical nexus evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy (claimed as sciatica), right lower extremity radiculopathy (claimed as sciatica)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25039988
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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