The Board has determined that there is at least as much evidence to support the claim of service connection for residuals of an injury to the cervical spine, including incomplete cervical myelopathy, C3-4-5 disc protrusion, and C5-6 central disc herniation. The Board finds that these conditions are related to a line-of-duty injury sustained during active service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the veteran's 1986 injury and his current cervical spine disorders, including myelopathy, disc protrusion, and disc herniation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of injury to the cervical spine, cervical myelopathy, C3-4-5 disc protrusion, C5-6 central disc herniation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0607160
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.
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