The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for the veteran's back disability, service connection for left leg radiculopathy as secondary to the back disability, and a 10 percent disability rating for recurrent acute sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's left leg radiculopathy is proximately due to his service-connected back disability, and his sinusitis meets the criteria for a 10 percent rating based on three or more incapacitating episodes per year requiring prolonged antibiotic treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine strain with degenerative arthritis, left leg radiculopathy (secondary to back disability), recurrent acute sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054540
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.
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