The Board has determined that the veteran does not have cervical spinal stenosis that is attributable to military service or caused by a service-connected disability, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the veteran's current cervical spine stenosis to his service-connected shell fragment wound and scars of the neck.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0623189
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied the claims for a temporary total convalescence rating and a compensable rating for the left foot condition, but remanded the claim for service connection for cervical spinal stenosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical spinal stenosis to verify all periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA), obtain private medical records, and schedule a VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for migraines, cervical spinal stenosis, a scar on neck, and right ankle disability, as well as increased ratings for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The appeal for service connection for PTSD was denied due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a March 2017 ankle surgery, as well as service connection for cervical spinal stenosis as secondary to complex regional pain syndrome.
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