The Board found that the veteran's spine conditions are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right knee disability, nor were they directly related to any remote incident of service.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence linked the veteran's spine conditions to his right knee disability or any other remote incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine condition, Thoracic spine condition, Lumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633340
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- Partly granted
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