Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 23, 2016, for the award of service connection and a separate 10 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerves.
The deciding factor: The Board found that entitlement to service connection arose on August 23, 2016, based on subjective complaints of back pain radiating to the buttocks and thigh, along with some complaints of numbness.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102135
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