The veteran's service-connected degenerative disk disease of the cervical spine is currently rated at 10 percent, and the evidence does not support a higher rating based on limitation of motion or arthritis.
The deciding factor: The combined range of motion for the veteran's cervical spine is within the limits required for a 10 percent rating under both the old and new criteria for limited range of motion. The veteran's degenerative disk disease, as evidenced by x-rays, affects multiple cervical vertebrae but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on arthritis or limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disk disease of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0721930
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