The veteran's service-connected cervical radiculopathy of the right upper extremity is granted a 20 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: Based on the evidence, the veteran's symptoms are best described as mild neurological impairment and warrant a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 8514 for incomplete paralysis of the radial nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical radiculopathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0900026
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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