The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine condition, bilateral flat feet, bilateral hand condition, and bilateral wrist condition as not well grounded. The veteran's cervical spine injury is believed to have occurred due to a fall caused by his service-connected scoliosis of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence does not support a direct link between the veteran's service-connected scoliosis of the lumbar spine and his cervical spine condition, as no medical professional provided an opinion linking the two conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Condition, Bilateral Flat Feet, Bilateral Hand Condition, Bilateral Wrist Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0120449
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