The Board granted service connection for sciatic radicular pain of the right lower extremity, right knee pain, and left knee pain. The claims for chronic sinusitis, a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain, a rating in excess of 70 percent for mood disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for urinary frequency with nocturia were denied. Bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise regarding the current diagnoses of sciatic radicular pain, right knee pain, and left knee pain, and there was a positive nexus to service. The chronic sinusitis claim was denied due to lack of objective evidence supporting the diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic radicular pain of the right lower extremity, right knee pain, left knee pain, chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087041
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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