The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right upper extremity radiculopathy, limitation of motion of the cervical spine, and occipital headaches do not warrant an initial rating in excess of the currently assigned evaluations.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence does not support a finding of more than characteristic pain, weakness, and limitations of manual dexterity for right upper extremity radiculopathy. For limitation of motion of the cervical spine, there is no clinical evidence of moderate limitation of cervical spine motion. For occipital headaches as residuals of cervical spine surgery, there is no diagnosis of migraine or dementia associated with brain trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity radiculopathy (major), Limitation of motion of the cervical spine, Occipital headaches as a residual of cervical spine surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0613582
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