The Veteran's LLE and RLE radiculopathy have been rated as 20 percent disabling since August 5, 2020. The Board denied entitlement to higher ratings for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show symptoms that more closely approximated moderately severe or severe incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- LLE lumbar radiculopathy, RLE lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2026
- Citation
- A26026735
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeals for hearing loss, tinnitus, and a back disability are dismissed as the Veteran's claims were improperly docketed under the AMA.,The appeals for neck, left shoulder, right shoulder, left knee, and right knee disabilities are also dismissed due to improper docketing under the AMA.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for RLE lumbar radiculopathy has been dismissed as the Veteran opted into the modernized review system under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment prior to February 29, 2012.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar spine and LLE radiculopathy have been dismissed. The Board has granted a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
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