The Board has granted a 20 percent initial evaluation for service-connected left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated moderate symptoms with numbness, paresthesias and dysesthesias, difficulty walking and standing, and the use of medications to alleviate the symptoms, which more nearly approximated the criteria for a 20 percent initial evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2026
- Citation
- A26016384
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