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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20037125
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
Your right arm radiculopathy has already been granted in a separate decision, so this appeal is dismissed.
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