The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 4, 2019, for the 20 percent rating of the Veteran's lumbar spine disability and service connection for radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve.
The deciding factor: Based on favorable evidence during the one-year look-back period, the Board found that the Veteran was entitled to an earlier effective date for the grant of a 20 percent rating for his lumbar spine disability. The record also supported service connection for radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spondylosis with neural foramina narrowing at L5-S1 with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054780
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding earlier effective dates for various evaluations due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 2, 2010, for service connection for radiculopathy of the left and right sciatic nerves but denied increased ratings for these conditions. The claims for increased ratings for knee and back conditions were remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 70 percent evaluation for the service-connected psychiatric disability and a TDIU, but denied other claims related to earlier effective dates and burial expenses.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an August 10, 2022 effective date for the grant of service connection for hypothyroidism and denied increased ratings for tinnitus and a nonpainful and stable scar on the lumbar midline. Other claims were remanded.
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