The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for cervical and lumbar spine disorders, finding that new and material evidence was submitted. The Board established service connection for these conditions as secondary to his service-connected compression fracture of the 12th dorsal vertebra.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows a link between the Veteran's service-connected compression fracture of the 12th dorsal vertebra and his current cervical and lumbar spine disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine disorder, Lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1030316
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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.
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