The Board has granted service connection for nerve damage and finds that a cervical spine injury was not incurred during service. The veteran's left shoulder impairment is currently rated at 20%.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the veteran had nerve damage in service, which persisted post-service. There is no credible evidence of a cervical spine injury or disability during service.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage, cervical spine injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0411298
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding Social Security Administration records.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection and increased ratings as the appeal was untimely.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Board Appeal request.
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