The Board has granted service connection for numbness of the right forearm, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected numbness of the right fifth finger.
The deciding factor: The current condition (numbness of the right forearm) was found to be secondary to and aggravated by a service-connected condition (numbness of the right fifth finger).
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of the right forearm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22070226
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