The Board has determined that the veteran's current cervical spine condition is not related to his service or any incident therein, and therefore, denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of record that the veteran's current C1-C2 fusion with intracranial injury and neurological deficits are related to his service, any incident therein, or to any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- vertebral fusion at C1-C2, intracranial injury, neurological deficit
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0124133
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