The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected lumbosacral degenerative disc disease and granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with the same condition.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, but there was evidence of mild incomplete paralysis in his right lower extremity to support a separate rating.

Claimed conditions

lumbosacral degenerative disc disease, right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral degenerative disc disease

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

10%

Decision date

November 4, 2025

Citation

A25095776

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