The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral upper extremity numbness, finding that it had its onset during service. The issue of whether a cervical spine disorder is related to service was also addressed and found in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner considered all evidence of record, including the Veteran's lay statements and private physician's opinion, and concluded that the bilateral upper extremity numbness had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity numbness, cervical spondylosis with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22053374
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and a need to verify his periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining an adequate medical opinion and providing proper notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's bilateral upper extremity numbness, finding that the evidence most closely characterizes the functional impact as mild incomplete paralysis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral leg disability, vision disability, urinary incontinence, and bilateral upper extremity numbness as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected multiple sclerosis.
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