The Veteran's appeals seeking increased ratings from September 29, 2015 to the present for his cervical spine and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy disabilities have been withdrawn.,The Veteran's claim giving rise to the grants of service connection for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathies was received in July 2011; entitlement was established during a September 2015 VA examination.,The Veteran’s neck claim was received in July 2011; it is not factually ascertainable that the Veteran met the criteria for a 20 percent rating for his neck disability prior to September 29, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals seeking increased ratings from September 29, 2015 to the present for his cervical spine and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy disabilities.,The claim giving rise to the grants of service connection was received in July 2011; entitlement was established during a September 2015 VA examination.,It is not factually ascertainable that the Veteran met the criteria for a 20 percent rating for his neck disability prior to September 29, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, Right upper extremity radiculopathy, Left upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19174394
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