The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's neck condition, right upper extremity neuropathy, and left upper extremity neuropathy as secondary to his service-connected neck condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the RUE and LUE neuropathies are at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected neck condition.
- Claimed conditions
- neck condition (residuals of crushed discs, including cervical spine surgery), right upper extremity (RUE) neuropathy, left upper extremity (LUE) neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20076804
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