The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease and sciatic nerve radiculopathy, to determine if these conditions are secondary to service-connected ankle and feet disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional medical opinions were needed to adequately address the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease (DDD) other than intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), right lower extremity (RLE) sciatic nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001394
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 24, 2007, for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain but denied earlier effective dates for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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