The Board has granted a 20 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, finding moderate limitation of motion. The claims for secondary service connection for tension headaches and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome have also been granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's neck pain was related to his service-connected cervical spine disability, warranting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Cervical Spine, Tension Headaches, Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2002
- Citation
- 0216501
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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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