The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted service connection for post-operative cervical spine degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy, finding that the veteran's current condition is likely due to injuries sustained during military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a grant of service connection as the veteran's radiculopathy and degenerative disc disease are linked to his military service, including parachute jumps which caused injury to his neck.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative disc disease, left C6 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0008938
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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