The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a disability manifested by arm numbness that is traceable to his military service and therefore denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no credible medical evidence of a nexus between the current disability (bilateral upper extremity numbness) and the in-service event (progressive numbness reported in May 1991).
- Claimed conditions
- arm numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0916120
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