The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine and scoliosis, but denied service connection for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a preponderance of evidence showing that the Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine and scoliosis were aggravated by military service, while there was no such evidence to support a finding of direct service connection for the cervical spine condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Thoracolumbar Spine with Disc Bulges, Bone Spurs, Facet Joint Disease, and Arthritis, Scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0907422
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 386 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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