The Board finds that the Veteran's right and left upper extremity neurological impairments are secondarily related to his service-connected degenerative changes, cervical spine. As such, these claims are granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's right and left upper extremity neurological impairment is secondarily related to his service-connected degenerative changes, cervical spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity neurological impairment, Left upper extremity neurological impairment
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2015
- Citation
- 1544840
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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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