A squeezed nerve can cause leg pain. That is only when the nerve at the reduced back if it gets impingement, after that you have a leg pain. The squeezed nerve at a higher degree, that is the cervical degree or a neck level, you will not obtain a leg discomfort. You may have sort of pain, which may radiate long the spine cord to the lower limb. Pinched nerve and also if you claim a leg pain, you get pinched at the lower degree. That goes to the back spine at the leg roots, the you obtain a leg discomfort.