The Board denied entitlement to an effective date prior to September 25, 2024, for the grant of service connection and a 10 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy involving the femoral nerve.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support finding that the Veteran had radiculopathy involving the femoral nerve prior to September 25, 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- Left lower extremity radiculopathy involving the femoral nerve, Right lower extremity radiculopathy involving the femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26023485
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