The Board granted service connection for right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the service-connected cervical spine DDD, and increased the rating of post concussive headache associated with TBI to 50 percent effective August 20, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of post concussive headaches associated with TBI have occurred very frequently with completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, but do not present an exceptional or unusual disability picture that renders impractical the application of regular schedular standards.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, post concussive headache associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), cervical spine degenerative disc disease (DDD), left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039848
What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Board restored the 50% rating for cervicogenic headaches and the 40% rating for right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, effective February 1, 2025, as the reductions were not proper. The reduction of the left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy to 0% was upheld.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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