Three years is usually all the time you have to file a South Carolina injury lawsuit before you can lose the right to recover anything. If a city bus, police vehicle, or other government agency was involved, the deadline can be shorter under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act - often 2 years, or 3 years only if a proper verified claim is filed.

This term means a spinal nerve is being irritated, inflamed, or compressed, usually after a herniated disc or other back or neck injury. It often shows up after a crash as burning pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, or pain that shoots from the neck into the arm or from the low back into the leg. People hear it after an MRI, ER visit, orthopedic exam, or physical therapy referral and are not sure whether it is "just back pain." It is more specific than that. It points to nerve involvement.

That matters in a claim because radiculopathy can back up complaints that insurance adjusters often try to downplay. Records may include abnormal reflexes, muscle weakness, sensory loss, MRI findings, or an EMG test. Those details can affect treatment decisions, work restrictions, and the value of pain and lost wage claims.

After a wreck on I-85, a storefront crash, or a transit accident, early medical records matter. If symptoms start later, say so clearly at follow-up visits so the nerve problem is documented.