The Board has determined that the veteran's current cervical spine disorders are not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicate no link between the veteran's current cervical spine conditions and events during his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Degeneration, Disc Pathology, Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0305918
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What this means for you
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