The Board found that the Veteran's current lumbar and cervical spine disabilities are not related to his in-service injury or symptoms, and thus denied service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions were against a nexus between the current disabilities and either the in-service injury or continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine DDD, cervical spine DDD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1206650
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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