The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for spinal meningitis, cervical disc disease, and circulatory disorder of the lower extremities as they are not shown to be related to active service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the veteran experienced a meningitis episode during active service or that his current disabilities are directly related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal meningitis, cervical disc disease, circulatory disorder of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2008
- Citation
- 0842230
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for 20 conditions including depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury, finding insufficient evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus. The Board remanded three conditions (back condition, left lower extremity neuropathy, and left leg condition) for further adjudication.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical disc disease due to an insufficient VA opinion and a need to obtain additional medical records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a right shoulder disability, right wrist and left wrist disabilities, right hand and left hand disabilities, cervical spine disability, and spinal meningitis. The appeals are being returned to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for post massive left frontal parietal intraparenchymal hematoma, which was not explicitly adjudicated in 1995, is granted with an effective date of April 22, 1995.
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