Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for radiculopathy right and left lower extremity (sciatic nerve) to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary due to an inadequate VA examination that did not consider the ameliorative effects of medication and failed to provide a peripheral nerves examination as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy right lower extremity (sciatic nerve), Radiculopathy left lower extremity (sciatic nerve)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107606
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