The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), effective April 1, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a moderate level of incomplete sciatic nerve paralysis, corresponding to a 20 percent rating, but did not support a finding that the condition was moderately severe, which would warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25041529
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and denied initial ratings in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral spine intervertebral disc syndrome, degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy, and left knee degenerative arthritis. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating for a right wrist scar and limitation of extension of the left knee.
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