Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for several ratings and service connections but remanded the claims for erectile dysfunction and a separate rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support an earlier effective date for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, cervical strain with degenerative disc disease and disc herniation, lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and herniated disc L5-S1, right elbow strain, impairment of supination and pronation, right elbow strain, limitation of flexion, right elbow strain, limitation of extension, right upper extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy involving the femoral nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006870
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