Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back condition, lumbar sprain.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided a nexus between the Veteran's lower extremity conditions and his service-connected low back disability, leading to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia of left lower extremity, right sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia of right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103878
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