The Board has granted the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a disorder manifested by left side weakness and numbness, finding that new evidence supports this claim. Service connection is also granted for postherpetic neuralgia of the upper left extremity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's meningitis had resulted in nerve dysfunction and herpes zoster affecting the upper left extremity, which led to his current symptoms of weakness and numbness.
- Claimed conditions
- left side weakness and numbness, postherpetic neuralgia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1207883
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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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