The veteran's cervical and lumbar spine conditions were not incurred in service, nor are they related to any service-connected disabilities.,VA has determined that the veteran is not disabled to a degree that would qualify him for TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of current cervical and lumbar spine conditions being present during or within one year after service, nor any medical opinion linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Cervical spine condition","diagnosis_details":"Severe stenosis of the cervical spine, with large disk herniation at C3-4, and severe hypertrophic changes with possible superimposed disk protrusions from C3-4 through C6-7, with foraminal stenosis more severe on the right side."}, {"condition_name":"Lumbar spine condition","diagnosis_details":"Minimal degenerative joint disease of L5-S1"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0626662
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What this means for you
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