The Veteran's radiculopathy of the left upper extremity is granted with a 30 percent disability rating, effective from the date of decision.,Service connection for numbness of the left hand is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had moderate incomplete paralysis of the ulnar nerve and assigned a 30 percent disability rating based on this finding. The attorney's assertion regarding service connection was also granted, as the evidence supported a direct relationship between the service-connected conditions and the numbness.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy of the Left Upper Extremity (LUE), Numbness of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24063302
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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