Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy and a 40 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied an increased rating for the chronic right ankle sprain with peroneus brevis tendon split tear.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating for the right ankle disability due to the limitation of motion being less than 5 degrees dorsiflexion or less than 10 degrees plantar flexion, and the symptomatology was duplicative of the chronic right ankle sprain with peroneus brevis tendon split tear.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic right ankle sprain with peroneus brevis tendon split tear, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102662
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