Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 5, 2019, for the grant of a 40 percent disability rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and a 10 percent disability rating for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The earliest date of a factually ascertainable increase in symptoms for the Veteran's radiculopathy was December 5, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, Radiculopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084763
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