Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain and a 20 percent rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, effective January 29, 2024 to June 2, 2025.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms during flare-ups did not more nearly approximate unfavorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine. The evidence supported a moderate incomplete paralysis rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy of left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25108036
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