Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, finding no relevant official service department records were added after the July 2008 rating decision that would vitiate its finality.
The deciding factor: The earliest effective date of factual entitlement is October 30, 2018, based on an October 30, 2018, EMG study showing abnormal results as to the left and right lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111155
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