Partly granted
The Board granted a 40% initial rating for left upper extremity paresthesia, hypoesthesia and denied higher ratings or service connection for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's LUE disability was found to more closely approximate moderate incomplete paralysis of the lower radicular group, warranting a 40% rating. Other claims were denied due to insufficient evidence of the required symptoms or functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified depressive disorder, Left upper extremity (LUE) paresthesia, hypoesthesia, Cervical spine intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), Left shoulder disability, Erectile dysfunction (ED), Right upper extremity (RUE) disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107773
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