The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy and bilateral knee osteoarthritis have been granted. However, the claim for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on evidence showing current diagnoses of the conditions in question and a finding that they are related to service-connected disabilities or other established facts.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy, bilateral knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2021
- Citation
- A21017025
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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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