The Board finds that the veteran's cervical spine degenerative changes are likely due to an injury during his period of active service, and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the current cervical spine degenerative changes were likely due to a motor vehicle accident in service, which impacted the neck.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0621859
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Decisions by this judge: 1,599 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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