The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a cervical spine disability, which is now granted. Service connection for this condition is established as secondary to the service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right clavicle with subluxation and deformity of the sternoclavicular joint. The Board also found that there is no evidence linking the lumbar spine disability to active service or any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The appellant's cervical spine disability was linked to an in-service automobile accident, which resulted in a fracture of the right clavicle and subsequent nerve injury. Service connection for this disability is granted as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right clavicle with subluxation and deformity of the sternoclavicular joint.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0425346
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