Denied
The Board denied higher disability ratings for the Veteran's right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for the right leg and 20 percent for the left leg.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the objective evidence indicated no more than mild incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve on the right and moderate incomplete nerve paralysis on the left, which did not warrant higher ratings under Diagnostic Code 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103276
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