Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy, as there was no evidence or assertion that would reasonably raise a claim for right leg radiculopathy out of another claim that was pending at the time.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a secondary claim for service connection for right leg radiculopathy was not raised in conjunction with the prior claim for an increased rating for lumbosacral strain, and the August 2018 Board decision is final, making it ineligible as a basis for an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (femoral nerve) radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic nerve) radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110207
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