The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have caused occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The effective date for the grant of service connection for radiculopathy, right lower extremity is granted as August 24, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms most closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity from December 18, 2012 to February 7, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy, degenerative arthritis of the spine with IVDS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2026
- Citation
- A26027740
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