The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve prior to May 24, 2016; denied a rating in excess of 20 percent from May 24, 2016, to April 17, 2018, and granted a 40 percent rating as of April 17, 2018. For the lumbar spine strain with degenerative disc disease, the Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent prior to October 27, 2015; denied a rating in excess of 40 percent from October 27, 2015, to May 24, 2016, and granted a 40 percent rating from May 24, 2016, to November 26, 2018. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities as of July 15, 2015.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity and impact of the Veteran's symptoms on his daily functioning, including pain, limited motion, and functional loss during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Lumbar spine strain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094380
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 352 · Granted: 37% (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
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, finding that it most nearly approximated moderate incomplete paralysis.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 40 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, which is considered moderately severe incomplete paralysis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis and spinal stenosis with L3-L5 disc herniation (lumbar disability), left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve. The Board found that these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of loss of use resulting from his disabilities.
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