Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating and a separate compensable rating for his lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and left lower extremity radiculopathy, respectively.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating or a separate compensable rating due to insufficient symptomatology as required by the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103954
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