The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 23, 2008 for the grant of service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted after a previous denial.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for cervical spine disorder, which included left upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Internal Derangement with Degenerative Arthritis, Cervical Spine Disorder (including Left Upper Extremity Radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000337
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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