The veteran's neurological disorder of the left upper extremity is causally related to an electric shock in service, and his claim for service connection for residuals of electrical shock manifested by a disability of the left upper extremity is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the left hand disability was at least as likely as not related to the veteran's electric shock injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm brachialgia, left hand numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2003
- Citation
- 0320312
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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