The Board has determined that the veteran's cervical spine/neck disability is not related to his service-connected left knee disability, and thus denied the claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no relationship between the service-connected left knee disability and the current neck disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine/neck disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0517559
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and the need for further development regarding whether the Veteran's current cervical spine/neck disability is related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's IBS and pseudofolliculitis barbae are granted service connection. The cervical spine/neck disability, lumbar spine/low back disability, and radiculopathy of the left lower extremity secondary to the lumbar spine are remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and service connection has been withdrawn.,New evidence received since the last final denial supports reopening of claims for service connection.
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