Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left upper extremities to ensure a proper peripheral nerve examination is conducted.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not conduct an appropriate VA examination, which may have impacted the decision on the merits, thus necessitating a remand.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the right upper extremity (claimed as radioulnar radicular pain paresthesia), radiculopathy of the left upper extremity (claimed as radioulnar radicular pain paresthesia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110282
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