The Board has denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for lumbar spine and cervical spine degenerative joint disease, as well as the evaluation assigned for his PTSD.
The deciding factor: The RO denied the veteran's claims based on a determination that the evidence did not support service connection for the claimed conditions under direct service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, cervical spine degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0204289
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What this means for you
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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 a lumbar spine disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various conditions, including impotence, headaches, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the lumbar spine disability from January 23, 2015, and denied a higher rating since September 1, 2018.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative joint disease, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to an in-service injury.
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