The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine disability and secondary left arm numbness, which are considered one disorder due to overlapping diagnoses. The decision also resolves doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found continuous post-service symptoms of cervical neuroforaminal stenosis with arthritis, granting presumptive service connection on that basis under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).
- Claimed conditions
- cervical neuroforaminal stenosis with arthritis and cervicalgia (cervical spine disability), left arm numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20064471
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left arm numbness, seborrhea dermatitis, and sleep apnea as there was no persuasive evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for anemia, liver hepatic steatosis, bilateral knee disorders, left arm numbness, and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for left arm numbness due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral athlete's foot, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain syndrome, left arm numbness, left leg cramps, right leg cramps, and a urinary tract disorder as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a relationship to service.
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