The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right arm radiculopathy, finding that he did not have a current disability at any time during the pendency of his claim or approximate thereto.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of right upper extremity radiculopathy and concluded that the Veteran does not have a right upper extremity radiculopathy diagnosis based on clinical evidence and physical examination today.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm radiculopathy, left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20037125
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for cervical spinal stenosis, right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, and left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy due to new relevant evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Granted
The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 40 percent for Raynaud's Phenomena of the right upper extremity and entitlement to TDIU is granted. The AOJ must correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decisions on appeal by obtaining relevant outstanding treatment records.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a left wrist fracture, bilateral hearing loss, Type II diabetes, bilateral glaucoma, OSA, cervical disc herniation, and other musculoskeletal issues are denied.,Service connection is not established for any of the claimed conditions.
- Dismissed
Your right arm radiculopathy has already been granted in a separate decision, so this appeal is dismissed.
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