The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathy was denied. However, the effective date for erectile dysfunction was granted as November 28, 2017.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran continuously pursued his claims since November 28, 2017, but no diagnosis of sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathy was shown until September 2022.

Claimed conditions

left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, erectile dysfunction, asthma

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 21, 2025

Citation

A25005104

Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine