The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for kyphosis and dextroscoliosis due to old juvenile epiphysitis, which was previously denied. The decision is based on a direct service connection theory without any presumption or secondary linkage.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established through a direct link between the claimed conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- kyphosis, dextroscoliosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0936451
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection due to his withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for kyphosis and degenerative disc disease, as well as cervical strain with IVDS. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions had their onset in or were caused by service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for thoracolumbar spine condition, including chronic mechanical spine syndrome and lumbar degenerative arthritis, with bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy but denied service connection for dextroscoliosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for kyphosis, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 20 percent.
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