The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for neck injury residuals based on new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence relating to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the Veteran's previously denied service connection claim for neck injury residuals has been received by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- neck injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2009
- Citation
- 0906415
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim was granted in October 2019 based on his PTSD, neck injury residuals, and right upper extremity radiculopathy. The rating assigned is 70 percent for PTSD.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for various disabilities, as well as a compensable rating for alopecia scarring.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for neck injury residuals as the evidence did not show a nexus between the condition and service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's neck injury residuals, including his degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine. The claim was based on continuity of symptoms since service.
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