The Board has granted an earlier effective date of March 19, 2021 for the appellant's service connection claims related to cervical and femoral radiculopathy. The decision also grants eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The appellant continuously pursued his March 2021 claim, meeting the criteria for entitlement to secondary service connection for bilateral upper extremity cervical radiculopathy and bilateral lower extremity femoral radiculopathy at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, left lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2026
- Citation
- A26008431
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