Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for radiculopathy impacting the right and left lower extremities, but granted service connection for a left ankle strain due to its association with a service-connected right ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an association between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's service or any in-service event, injury, exposure, or disease. However, there was competent evidence suggesting the left ankle strain developed as a result of compensating for the right lower extremity impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy impacting the right lower extremity, radiculopathy impacting the left lower extremity, left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091843
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