The Board granted a 40 percent evaluation for the service-connected sciatic radiculopathy of both lower extremities, as the evidence established moderately severe incomplete paralysis.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's symptoms manifested as moderately severe incomplete paralysis, which warranted a 40 percent rating under DC 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, sciatic radiculopathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045405
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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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