The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's cervical spine disability and a 30 percent rating for radiculopathy of the left upper extremity effective February 25, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's cervical spine disability approximates severe limitation of motion of the cervical spine; unfavorable ankylosis is not shown or approximated. The radiculopathy of the left upper extremity approximates at most moderate incomplete paralysis of the lower radicular group of the minor arm from February 25, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with osteoarthritis, intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), and retrolisthesis (cervical spine disability), Radiculopathy of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25014225
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