Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected left lower extremity radiculopathy due to the need to discount the effects of medication on the severity assessment.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as the May 2023 examination did not account for the ameliorative effects of medication, which must be considered in accordance with recent caselaw.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy of sciatic nerve, external popliteal nerve, musculocutaneous nerve, anterior tibial nerve and posterior tibial nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25099787
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