The Board granted an increased 60 percent disability rating for radiculopathy in both the right and left lower extremities, effective May 15, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a finding of severe incomplete paralysis with marked muscular atrophy during the entirety of the review period, warranting a 60 percent rating under DC 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic), Radiculopathy, left lower extremity (sciatic)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25058815
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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