Granted
The Veteran was granted a 40 percent rating for her sacroiliitis, effective November 23, 2010, and service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve as secondary to her service-connected sacroiliitis.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran regarding the severity of her sacroiliitis and its impact on her lumbar spine, leading to a 40 percent rating. The right and left lower extremity radiculopathy were also found to be secondary to the service-connected sacroiliitis.
- Claimed conditions
- sacroiliitis, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radicopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089180
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