Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection of nerve disabilities in both upper extremities, as the evidence did not support a diagnosis prior to July 30, 2021.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that there was no objective evidence to correlate the claimed conditions with the Veteran's military service and that the earliest evidence of a diagnosis was on January 2023, which is the date entitlement arose for secondary service connection based on his cervical spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve disability of the right upper extremity, nerve disability of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25013562
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