Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve. The evidence did not show moderately severe incomplete paralysis.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not demonstrate moderately severe incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve in the right lower extremity to warrant a disability rating in excess of 20 percent under DC 8520.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003391
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