Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of December 21, 2020, for the award of service connection for left and right upper extremity radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs in favor of the assignment of an effective date of December 21, 2020, as this is the date private treatment records indicate that entitlement arose.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021354
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