The Board granted an increased rating of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, but remanded several other claims including service connection for a cervical spine condition, upper extremity radiculopathies, hearing loss, thrombocytopenia, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of the Veteran's lower extremity radiculopathy as assessed by the June 2024 VA examination, which found moderate to moderately severe incomplete paralysis. The remanded issues were due to a lack of adequate medical evidence or examinations prior to the August 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, cervical spine degenerative disc disease, herniated cervical disc, and cervical spondylosis, left upper extremity radiculopathy with radial nerve involvement, right upper extremity radiculopathy with radial nerve involvement, hearing loss, thrombocytopenia (claimed as blood clots) due to Gillian-Barre Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093133
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (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
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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