The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy due to a need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is needed to determine whether the Veteran's RLE and LLE radiculopathy had their onset prior to September 15, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy, right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106530
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates and increased ratings were dismissed as the appeal requests were not timely filed.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, so the Board dismissed it.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and service connection have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted the Veteran's claim for increased ratings for his service-connected chronic lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy in a May 2024 rating decision. The appellant is eligible to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded as a result of this decision.
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