The Board has granted service connection for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: A VA physician concluded that the claimed condition was at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran’s service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081621
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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy was dismissed due to a procedural defect.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for several conditions and dismissed claims related to effective dates, with the exception of granting an initial 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to cervical spine strain due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded a claim for TDIU.
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