Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 8, 2020 for service connection for right and left sciatic nerve radiculopathy but denied earlier dates for left and right femoral nerve radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supports an effective date of April 8, 2020, but not earlier, for the awards of service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- right sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left femoral nerve radiculopathy, right femoral nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25007931
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