Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for LLE radiculopathy effective April 9, 2021, and an earlier effective date of November 15, 2017, for the award of service connection of LLE radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's LLE radiculopathy was found to manifest in moderate incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve beginning April 9, 2021, warranting a 20 percent rating. The effective date for the award of service connection for LLE radiculopathy was granted as November 15, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE radiculopathy), Anxiety disorder with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with central vertigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090079
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