Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new examination to properly rate the Veteran's cervical radiculopathy due to an inadequate July 2022 VA examination.
The deciding factor: The July 2022 examination was deemed inadequate as it did not address all necessary criteria for rating radiculopathy, specifically regarding the severity of paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009067
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