So you're saying that a result of zero is valid, and that you want to suppress a result of zero only if the LengthRisersToday field is blank? If so, the script could be changed to:
var s1 = getField("LengthRisersToday.1").valueAsString;
var v2 = +getField("LengthRisersToDate.0").value;
if (s1) {
var sum = +s1 + v2;
event.value = sum;
} else {
event.value = "";
}