The Board granted an effective date of August 3, 2018, for the grant of service connection for right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy and a 40 percent initial rating from that date.

The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran had right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy secondary to his low back disorder at the time he filed his claim, supporting an earlier effective date for service connection. The severity of the sciatic radiculopathy warranted a 40 percent rating from August 3, 2018.

Claimed conditions

lumbosacral strain, right hip trochanteric pain syndrome (extension), right hip trochanteric pain syndrome (flexion), right hip trochanteric pain syndrome (impairment), right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

40%

Decision date

December 9, 2025

Citation

A25106148

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