The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and a higher disability rating, finding no current diagnosis of loss of use of the left arm and moderate incomplete paralysis of the radial nerve.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current disability for loss of use of the left arm or support a higher disability rating due to the moderate incomplete paralysis of the radial nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the left arm, neuropathy of the left upper extremity with left chest wall nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25058027
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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