Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal to restore a 20 percent disability rating for his service-connected left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, finding that improvement in the disability actually occurred and reflected an improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed improvement in the disability and supported a reduction from 20 percent to 0 percent based on the Veteran no longer experiencing symptoms or functional loss related to his left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009266
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