The Board has determined that the veteran's arthritis of the cervical and thoracic spine was caused by his service-connected low back disability. The claim for arthritis of the left wrist is being remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether it was aggravated by the service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection granted based on aggravation of the veteran's service-connected low back disability resulting in arthritis of the cervical and thoracic spine.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left wrist, arthritis of the cervical and thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0703799
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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.
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