Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 14, 2016 for a disability rating of 20 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's radiculopathy was characterized by moderate incomplete paralysis throughout the period on appeal, meeting the criteria for a 20 percent rating from June 14, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094291
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