The Board denied service connection for neurobehavioral effects due to a lack of current disability, and remanded claims for cervical spine, right knee, right shoulder, lumbar spine, and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy secondary to a cervical spine disability.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the presence of a current neurobehavioral effects disability, and the VA examinations were inadequate as they failed to provide a diagnosis despite exposure verification.

Claimed conditions

neurobehavioral effects, cervical spine disability, right knee disability, right shoulder disability, lumbar spine disability, bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy secondary to a cervical spine disability, claimed as numbness of the left and right hands

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

Camp Lejeune water

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 13, 2025

Citation

25002198

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