The veteran's claims for separate and compensable ratings for various conditions were denied. However, the veteran was granted an earlier effective date of August 10, 2018, for service-connected left and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy. The issue of an effective date earlier than October 9, 2019, for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the probative evidence did not support the veteran's claims for separate and compensable ratings due to overlapping symptomatology and lack of supporting medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the spine, left trochanteric bursitis with impairment of the thigh, right trochanteric bursitis with impairment of the thigh, left trochanteric bursitis with limitation of extension of the thigh, right trochanteric bursitis with limitation of extension of the thigh, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy associated with thoracolumbar strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy associated with thoracolumbar strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003443
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Decisions by this judge: 713 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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