Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for femoral radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, as there was no evidence of a prior unadjudicated claim and the earliest possible effective date is August 25, 2022.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of an earlier unadjudicated formal or informal claim for service connection for RLE.
- Claimed conditions
- femoral radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (RLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105528
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