The veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar spine and cervical spine disabilities were granted, with the thoracolumbar spine disability rated at 20 percent. The right elbow and left elbow tendonitis disabilities remain at 10 percent each.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the veteran's spinal conditions based on their direct relationship to his military service without any need for a presumption or secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes and degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, spondylitic disc disease of the cervical spine, tendonitis of the right elbow, tendonitis of the left elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0818869
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What this means for you
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