The Board has granted service connection for cervical spondylosis and C5-C6 cervical disc disease, post-traumatic, as secondary to the service-connected disability of scar, residuals of gunshot wound (GSW) to the forehead.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that the veteran's currently diagnosed cervical spondylosis and C5-C6 cervical disc disease is a residual of the service-connected GSW to the forehead, including the scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spondylosis, C5-C6 cervical disc disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0127417
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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.
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