Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain and grants of service connection for associated left lower extremity radiculopathy, but granted an effective date of October 21, 2022, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran first met the requirements for a 40 percent rating and service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy on May 5, 2023, which is the date entitlement arose. However, an effective date of October 21, 2022 was granted for the award of a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103908
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