The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for cervical strain, finding that there is no medical evidence linking his current condition to an in-service injury and concluding that any continuity of symptoms since service does not meet the criteria for a grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the single episode of neck strain in service was acute and transitory in nature, with all available x-rays being normal. The Board also noted the lack of credible evidence of continuity of symptomatology occurring since service.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1022039
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