The Veteran's claimed cervical spine disability is not service-connected, and the Board finds that his other service-connected disabilities do not warrant separate ratings for a left retinal tear and corneal scar.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for the cervical spine disability. The Veteran's current cervical spine disability is not shown to be related to service, and there is no indication that it was aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability or any other service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disease of the cervical spine with left C7 radiculopathy, left ulnar neuropathy, and left median neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1034870
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