The Board granted a disability rating of 20 percent for right and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy from February 19, 2022, but denied higher ratings. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for the increased 40 percent rating for lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms was found to be moderate at the time of the increase in rating, and no evidence supported a finding of severe or moderately severe symptoms that would warrant higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, lumbar spine disability (intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain, spinal stenosis, and degenerative arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089168
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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