The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of cartilaginous injury of the thorax, thoracic spine injury, cervical spine injury with degenerative joint disease and degenerative changes, post-concussion syndrome including chronic headaches are related to service. Therefore, these conditions have been granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided a nexus between the veteran's current disabilities and his in-service automobile accident, leading to the conclusion that they were incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cartilaginous injury of the thorax, thoracic spine injury, cervical spine injury with DJD and DDD, post-concussion syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0320196
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches and post-concussion syndrome to schedule a VA examination due to missing service treatment records.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to major depressive disorder with anxious distress and post-concussion syndrome has been granted. The evidence was balanced, but the benefit of the doubt was given to the veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of post-concussion syndrome because the Veteran was not given a VA examination to determine if her symptoms were related to this condition. The case will be reviewed again with new evidence.
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