The Board granted ratings of 30 percent and 60 percent for the Veteran's right and left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting both femoral and sciatic nerves, respectively, effective December 19, 2023.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy was determined to be severe enough to warrant a rating of 60 percent for the sciatic nerve and 30 percent for the femoral nerve, based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the femoral nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the femoral nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25052026
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve, effective January 12, 2024. Attorney fees are eligible based on past due benefits awarded in this decision.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU for the period from January 1, 2020 to September 30, 2023 due to service-connected disabilities preventing him from maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the claims of increased disability ratings and TDIU, including consideration of new private medical records.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the femoral nerve as secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain and degenerative disc disease.
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