Your claim for service connection for left upper extremity condition secondary to cervical spine disability has been resolved, and you are now receiving a 20% rating effective March 21, 2023. The appeal is dismissed as the issue of service connection has been fully granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was resolved with the grant of service connection for radiculopathy of the left upper extremity associated with cervical spine arthritis, rated at 20% effective March 21, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24004277
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 163 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 24004277.
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a right knee condition, left upper extremity condition, and right upper extremity condition to correct pre-decisional errors in the duty to assist.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and higher SMC levels due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Veteran's lung nodules and pneumonia are not related to his service, including herbicide agent exposure.,The Veteran's left hand carpal tunnel syndrome and left upper extremity condition are not related to his service, including herbicide agent exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathies, finding that the conditions are not related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents and do not have a direct causal relationship with service.
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