The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine arthritis was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected left spinal accessory nerve impairment, nor did it manifest within one year of separation from service. Therefore, service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a causal relationship between the service-connected left spinal accessory nerve impairment and the Veteran's cervical spine arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1212426
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