Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to determine if there has been sustained improvement in the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA examination report did not provide sufficient detail regarding whether the findings represented sustained improvement, which is necessary before a rating reduction can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094700
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