The Veteran's cervical spine disability is rated at 30 percent, effective June 18, 2016. The rating decision also increased the rating of the cervical spine disability from 10 to 30 percent effective April 27, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right and left upper extremity radiculopathy are manifestations of his service-connected cervical spine disability, which is rated at 30 percent under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine due to moderate incomplete paralysis of the upper radicular group (right arm) and lower radicular group (left arm).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis and disc disease of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1813003
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