The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease due to a lack of medical evidence showing such conditions are related to his back disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any signs or symptoms of upper extremity radiculopathy in the Veteran's case and there is no mention of upper extremity radiculopathy in the treatment records. The Veteran was also not currently receiving service connection for shoulder or neck disabilities, which could be related to his upper extremity pain.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18149152
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