The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disorder manifested by numbness of the arms bilaterally has been denied, as he does not have a current diagnosis. However, his lumbar arthritis is related to his in-service motor vehicle accident and thus granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide evidence of a current disability (numbness of the arms) for which service connection could be established on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Disorder manifested by numbness of the arms bilaterally, Lumbar arthritis, separate from service-connected residuals of flail chest with multiple rib fractures on the right with post traumatic pleural thickening over the right upper lobe and history of soft tissue contusion and bruises of the back
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1439204
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