The Board granted an effective date of January 2, 1992 for the award of service connection of right and left upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: Radiculopathy of the left and right upper extremities was shown on the VA spine examination report dated January 2, 1992.
- Claimed conditions
- right and left upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0905977
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