The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for sciatic radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability prior to April 29, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms most closely approximated moderate incomplete paralysis, warranting a 20 percent rating. The evidence also supported TDIU for the specified period.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic radiculopathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107036
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 713 · Granted: 31% (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
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the proposed reduction in disability rating for lumbar decompression and fusion with lumbosacral strain is dismissed. The Veteran's initial higher disability ratings for sciatic radiculopathy of both lower extremities are denied, but he is granted a TDIU.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date of June 10, 2021, but no earlier, for a 40 percent initial rating for service-connected lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis has been granted. The effective date is based on the date of receipt of the formal claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for sciatic radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities and TDIU are granted effective March 6, 2019.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected low back disability, along with other disabilities, rendered her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment as of April 1, 2020. She is granted a TDIU effective from that date.,Effective April 1, 2020, the Veteran also received SMC at the 's' rate due to having one service-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling and additional disabilities independently rated at least 60 percent disabling.
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