The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, sciatic nerve and entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disability was found to be more analogous to severe incomplete paralysis with foot drop, active movement of the muscles below the knee, and no muscular atrophy. The Board also found that his service-connected disabilities precluded him from performing gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience otherwise qualify him.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100434
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