Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 10, 2007, for the award of service connection for numbness in both upper and lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was continuously pursued since at least October 10, 2007, and he had symptoms of numbness affecting his bilateral upper and lower extremities during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity numbness, left upper extremity numbness, right lower extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25014783
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