The Board has dismissed the appeal for service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to service-connected cervical spine disability. The remaining claim of a rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected cervical spine disability prior to September 1, 2014, and in excess of 10 percent from that date has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal was dismissed as the grant of service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to service-connected cervical spine disability represents a full grant of benefits sought on appeal with respect to this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1608386
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU and DEA claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence for a schedular rating, and the issues are inextricably intertwined.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking to establish entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) is dismissed because the AOJ decision was merely implementing a Board's earlier effective date decision for service connection.
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