The Board has granted service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy impacting the upper radicular group as secondary to treatment for malignant throat cancer. The claims of entitlement to service connection for a neck condition and a left shoulder condition are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise regarding whether there is a causal link between the service-connected malignant throat cancer and the development of left upper extremity radiculopathy impacting the upper radicular group, as well as potential neck and shoulder conditions secondary to the throat cancer treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy impacting the upper radicular group, neck condition, left shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24024425
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