The Board denied entitlement to ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, from April 4, 2022, to July 13, 2025, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's RLE or LLE sciatic radiculopathy resulted in moderately severe paralysis from July 14, 2025, and there was no evidence to warrant increased ratings under DC 8520 for either lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) sciatic radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE) sciatic radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110573
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's back disability (degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine) is granted as service connected.,The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies (RLE and LLE sciatic radiculopathy) are granted as secondary to her back disability.,The Veteran's chronic sinusitis is remanded due to a lack of verification of the TERA exposure.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for various lower extremity radiculopathy conditions as they were granted in a previous decision, and there are no remaining allegations of error to address.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted with effective dates of April 18, 2023.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for both left and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, as these issues were improperly docketed.
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