The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for radiculopathy, left lower extremity is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for radiculopathy, right lower extremity is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headache disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient evidence prior to December 3, 2013 from which to support a claim for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.,There was insufficient evidence prior to December 3, 2013 from which to support a claim for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.,There was insufficient evidence prior to July 28, 2016 from which to support a claim for migraine headache disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy, left lower extremity, raticulopathy, right lower extremity, migraine headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18142132
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What this means for you
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