The Board finds that the veteran's current cervical spondylosis is related to his service injury in October 1968, resolving the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: A VA physician provided an opinion supporting a direct relationship between the veteran's service injury and his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical sprain, cervical spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0122234
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including bilateral foot disability, knee disability, ankle disability, cervical degenerative disc disease, spondylosis, and cervicalgia, secondary to a service-connected lumbar strain, as well as GERD. The claims of readjudication were also granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for various conditions, due to a failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for increased ratings and denied a compensable rating for right shoulder scars, while remanding several other issues including service connection for a right hand disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical spondylosis, left knee degenerative arthritis, and migraines to VA for an adequate examination and medical opinion.
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