The Board has determined that the veteran's current cervical spine degenerative arthritis was made worse by a fall during service, and thus grants service connection for residuals of a neck injury.
The deciding factor: The examiner opined that the veteran's mild impairment and slightly altered quality of life due to neck pain may have been exacerbated by the fall during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a neck injury, cervical spine degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0315618
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a temporomandibular joint disorder, sleep disorder (claimed as obstructive sleep apnea), lumbar spine strain, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis, all secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder. The claim for traumatic brain injury was denied.
- Denied
The appeal to readjudicate the claim of service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis was denied due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for atopic dermatitis, degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine and dextroscoliosis, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches and variants, finding no evidence of a direct link to service or aggravation by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The claim for cervical spine degenerative arthritis was remanded for readjudication based on new evidence linking obesity as an intermediate step.
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