The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left hand disability caused by left elbow demyelinating ulnar neuropathy which is secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: The private opinion letters provided a nexus between the current left hand symptoms and the service-connected cervical spine disability, and there was no persuasive weight given to other opinions that were deemed inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand disability, left elbow demyelinating ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20071987
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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