The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied increased ratings for intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative disc disease/arthritis, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. TDIU was granted from November 22, 2022.
The deciding factor: The reduction of the Veteran's disability rating for the service-connected left lower extremity radiculopathy from 20 percent to 10 percent was improper due to a lack of actual improvement in the condition. The criteria for increased ratings were not met for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative disc disease/arthritis, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086044
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with IVDS and associated radiculopathies of the left and right lower extremities are granted at a 40 percent rating prior to December 27, 2023, and denied for ratings in excess of this level from that date.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims and rating determinations due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for service-connected left and right lower extremity radiculopathy are being remanded due to a scheduling error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for low back disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities due to a failure to provide adequate reasons or bases in the November 2024 decision as to whether the pre-decisional duty to assist had been satisfied.
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