Effective October 26, 2010, service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy is granted. The Veteran's cervical spine disability and DJD of the thoracolumbar spine are rated at 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The effective date was set based on the date of receipt of the claim for service connection of left upper extremity radiculopathy, which occurred on October 26, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Disability, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of Thoracolumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080186
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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