The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, left-hand disability to include numbness, right-hand disability to include numbness, left shoulder pain, right shoulder strain, and hypertension. The claim for a left ankle injury condition was denied.

The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's claimed conditions were at least as likely as not etiologically related to his active-duty service, with the exception of the left ankle injury which had no supporting evidence of an active diagnosis during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

Claimed conditions

cervical strain (claimed as cervical spine condition), left-hand disability to include numbness, right-hand disability to include numbness, left shoulder pain (claimed as bilateral shoulder pain), right shoulder strain (claimed as bilateral shoulder pain), hypertension

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 13, 2025

Citation

A25098542

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