Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of bilateral upper and lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that entitlement to service connection did not arise until April 19, 2024.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran experienced symptoms or was diagnosed with BUE and BLE radiculopathies prior to the April 19, 2024, examination report officially diagnosing these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity (RUE) radiculopathy, left upper extremity (LUE) radiculopathy, right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097475
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