The Board has determined that the veteran's upper back and cervical spine disorder is not related to service or a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence linking the veteran's upper back and cervical spine disorder to his service-connected lumbar spine disability or to any other service event. The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- upper back and cervical spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0208524
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What this means for you
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