The Board has determined that the veteran's current residuals of a cervical spine injury and residuals of a right shoulder injury are related to service, granting service connection for both conditions.
The deciding factor: Nexus opinions provided by VA examiners satisfied the requirement of a nexus between alleged in-service combat injuries and current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cervical spine injury, residuals of a right shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0703379
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, while the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. Several other claims were remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was dismissed as the issue is moot due to a full grant of benefits. The claims for increased ratings and service connection for other conditions were remanded for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a right shoulder injury but denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of residuals of a cervical spine injury due to an inadequate medical opinion.
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