The Board denied the motion to revise a December 2019 rating decision that failed to grant service connection for upper extremity radiculopathy based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish CUE in the December 2019 rating decision, as the correct facts were before the adjudicator and the statutory and regulatory provisions were correctly applied.
- Claimed conditions
- upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25084955
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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