The Board granted service connection for sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities as secondary to a service-connected degenerative disc disease, but remanded claims for headaches, right upper extremity radicular pain, and left upper extremity radicular pain.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's sciatic nerve radiculopathy is related to his service-connected DDD. The Board found that the evidence does not support a direct or TERA-related connection for headaches and upper extremity radicular pain, but these claims were remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, headaches, right upper extremity radicular pain, left upper extremity radicular pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088159
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