The Board has determined that the Veteran's cervical and lumbar degenerative disc disease were incurred in service, resulting in a grant of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established continuity of symptomatology from the in-service injury to current diagnoses, with an opinion linking the in-service injury to his present disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- disorder of the cervical spine, disorder of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1137870
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What this means for you
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