The Board has granted increased evaluations for degenerative disease of the cervical spine and muscle cramping, with a rating of 10 percent each.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records supported the Veteran's complaints of pain and functional impairment without evidence of more severe disability criteria being met.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disease of the cervical spine, muscle cramping
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0913056
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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 granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected persistent depressive disorder. SMC was also granted based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and will consider evidence submitted after the December 2019 rating decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Alzheimer's disease, degenerative disease of the cervical spine, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, and lower back disability. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions began during or are otherwise related to active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete medical records and inadequate opinions regarding her claimed conditions. The Veteran is required to provide additional medical records, undergo VA examinations, and have their claims re-evaluated.
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