The Board found that the veteran's neck disorder, including degenerative arthritis, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The lack of any objective evidence of continuing complaints, symptoms, or findings for many years between the period of active duty and the first complaints or symptoms of a neck disorder is itself evidence which tends to show that a neck disorder did not have its onset in service or for many years thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disorder (neck disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2007
- Citation
- 0732855
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