The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's cervical spine degenerative changes, finding that they are likely due to an injury sustained during his period of active service. However, the Board denied service connection for the claimed residuals of a shoulder injury as there is no current diagnosis of such.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a current disability related to the Veteran's claimed shoulder injury.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative changes, residuals of a neck injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0948061
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a neck injury, finding that his current disability and in-service injury are related.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral elbow disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and residuals of a neck injury have been granted. The claim for sleep apnea has been withdrawn.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spine degenerative changes, left shoulder degenerative changes, lumbar spine degenerative changes, and right shoulder osteoarthritis due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran was not afforded VA examinations for these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a back injury, head injury, and neck injury as the evidence did not support that these injuries occurred during or while traveling from active duty.
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