The Board has granted service connection for residuals of syringomyelia, including numbness of the right hand and bilateral lower extremities. The Veteran's original claim for secondary service connection is now moot as his service-connected condition encompasses all claimed symptoms.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for residuals of syringomyelia, which includes the Veteran's claimed neurological manifestations.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of the right hand, bilateral numbness of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1426059
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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