Granted
The Board granted effective dates of September 10, 1988, but no earlier, for service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left upper extremities, as well as an effective date of April 1, 2001, for a rating of total disability due to individual unemployability based upon service-connected disorders (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Board resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran by accepting a May 24, 1990 submission as a Notice of Disagreement and determining that the claims for radiculopathies were initiated within one year of discharge from active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy of the right upper extremity, Radiculopathy of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25001774
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