The Board denied a request for an earlier effective date of August 13, 1993, for the grant of service connection for limitation of motion of the cervical spine. The veteran filed his claim on August 16, 1993.
The deciding factor: The earliest filing of a claim for service connection was on August 16, 1993, and no earlier claims were found in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of motion of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0106349
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not been shown to be of such severity so as to preclude substantially gainful employment, and his claim for TDIU is denied.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute to the Veteran's death. The respiratory failure and pneumonia that caused his death were not related to service, while the service-connected conditions (cervical spine limitation of motion, left shoulder condition from a gunshot wound, PTSD) are not considered contributory causes of death.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes and limitation of motion of the cervical spine, have rendered him unemployable as of May 5, 2014.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn before the Board could make a decision.
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