The Board has granted service connection for cervical arthritis. The veteran's claim to reopen his residuals of a back injury and shoulder nerve pain and numbness is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for cervical arthritis due to documented in-service diagnosis and current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical arthritis, shoulder nerve pain and numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0612828
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for blepharitis, cervical arthritis, and irritable bowel syndrome is dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.
- Partly granted
The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine arthritis did not begin during service and was not compensably disabling within a year of separation from his first two periods of service. The claim is denied as new and material evidence has not been received.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current cervical arthritis/disc disease is not related to his service, including any falls in service. The claim for service connection is denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current spine disabilities did not manifest during his period of active service and are not related to any incident therein. The claim for service connection was denied.
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