Radiculopathy & sciatica — all decisions

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, and remanded other issues.

The Board remands the claims for further development and examination to address the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine degenerative disc disease with IVDS status post spinal fusion, as well as his left and right upper and lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain and denied service connection for hearing loss, while remanding claims for migraine headaches and left upper extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for cervical myofasciitis and service connection for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical myofasciitis.

The Board granted the appeal to restore a 40 percent evaluation for radiculopathy, right lower extremity.

The Board granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left upper and lower extremity radiculopathies to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy is rated at 20 percent effective October 31, 2014, and a TDIU was granted for the same date.

The appeals for severance of service connection and increased disability ratings were dismissed, while the appeal for a right knee condition was remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected lumbar degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and knee degenerative joint diseases were granted increased ratings to 40 percent. Service connection for the knee conditions was also granted as secondary to his back and leg disabilities.

The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2021, for the grant of service connection for left knee limitation of extension and a 30 percent rating for right ankle ankylosis. The appeal was denied for earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 25, 2005 for the 30 percent disability rating of left upper extremity radiculopathy but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for DDD of the cervical spine with spondylosis and adhesive capsulitis of the left shoulder.

The Board granted an effective date of August 20, 2019 for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic) and assigned initial disability ratings for lumbosacral spine strain with IVDS, right and left lower extremity radiculopathies, and hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, including spinal arthritis of the neck and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) of the neck/upper back. However, tinnitus was granted, and a 20% rating was assigned for left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for the right calf scar and a TDIU, but denied increased ratings for various conditions.

The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain with disc bulging at L5-S1 and IVDS, left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, and right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, effective September 1, 2024.

The appeals for initial evaluations of erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine spondylosis with degenerative disc disease, and radiculopathy in the right and left lower extremities have been withdrawn and dismissed.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 23, 2016, for the award of service connection and a separate 10 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerves.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for a right hip disability, to include as secondary to a service-connected right knee disability, and denied an effective date prior to June 8, 2022, for the award of service connection for spinal stenosis, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for higher initial disability ratings for right and left upper extremity radiculopathy, finding that the symptoms approximated no more than moderate incomplete paralysis.