The Board granted service connection for the veteran's cervical spine disability and assigned a 10 percent rating effective February 18, 1971. The RO increased the rating to 20 percent effective July 26, 1995.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted in October 1995 showed moderate limitation of motion of the cervical spine, which warranted a 20 percent disability evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5290.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic arthritis of the C-6 and C-7 cervical vertebra with C-7 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0110011
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