The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to service.
The deciding factor: The VA physician in March 1999 found the current degenerative changes involving the cervical spine were compatible with generalized arthritis throughout the body and not related to any acute injury of the cervical spine sustained in service many years earlier.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0017989
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- Granted
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- Granted
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