The Board granted service connection for cervical hematoma as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected renal disability, and also granted service connection for right upper extremity paralysis and loss of use of both hands due to the cervical hematoma.
The deciding factor: The cervical hematoma was found to be at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected renal disability with hemodialysis, and the RUE paralysis and hand disabilities were directly linked to the cervical hematoma.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical hematoma, left hand loss of use, right hand loss of use, right upper extremity (RUE) paralysis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094725
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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