The Board found that the veteran's cervical spine disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: No competent medical evidence indicates that the veteran's degenerative changes of the cervical spine were incurred in service, nor does it indicate a link to any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0328348
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