The Veteran's radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, left upper extremity, and fibromyalgia have been granted service connection as secondary to his already-service connected lumbar spine and cervical spine disabilities.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for these conditions based on their relationship to the Veteran’s service-connected spinal disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Radiculopathy of the Right Lower Extremity","diagnosis":"Service-connected lumbar spine disability"}, {"condition_name":"Radiculopathy of the Left Upper Extremity","diagnosis":"Service-connected cervical spine disability"}, {"condition_name":"Fibromyalgia","diagnosis":"Qualifying chronic disability due to service in Southwest Asia during Persian Gulf War"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164388
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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.
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