The Board granted service connection for bilateral cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine degenerative joint disease.
The deciding factor: Service connection is warranted because the Veteran's cervical radiculopathy was caused by his service-connected cervical spine degenerative joint disease, satisfying all three prongs of a secondary service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical radiculopathy, left upper extremity, cervical radiculopathy, right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102063
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 998 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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