The Board has granted service connection for left S1 radiculopathy but denied service connection for upper extremity radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show that the Veteran had sciatica in service, and current lower extremity radiculopathy was shown many years after separation. Upper extremity radiculopathy is not related to service or a known etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- left S1 radiculopathy, upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2016
- Citation
- 1626686
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