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
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's left and right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve, finding that evaluations in excess of 10 percent were not warranted.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 23, 2016, for the award of service connection and a separate 10 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerves.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for the Veteran's disabilities and ancillary compensation benefits, finding that August 8, 2023, was correctly assigned as the effective date.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act and increased ratings for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
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