The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's neck disorder, bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy, and their secondary relationship to a service-connected low back disability.,The Board also denied service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy and right upper extremity radiculopathy as they were not attributable to military service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran's neck disorder was not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability, and that the bilateral upper extremity radiculopathies were not related to the neck disorder.,There is no evidence of a current diagnosis within one year of discharge for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disorder, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000483
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a decision on his service connection claims.
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