The Board granted service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, a left shoulder disability, a right shoulder disability secondary to a service-connected left shoulder condition, and a left ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current conditions were found to be related to his service-connected cervical strain or the progression of an in-service injury, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25053537
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy from April 3, 2023 onward, but denied higher ratings prior to that date. Service connection was also granted for alcohol use disorder as secondary to PTSD with traumatic brain injury.
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