The Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and psychiatric disorder were denied.,Service connection was also denied for allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for granting service connection or an initial rating higher than 10 percent for the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic degenerative disc disease and degenerative osteoarthritis of the cervical spine (cervical spine disability), Mild degenerative disc disease with anterior end-plate osteophyte of the lumbar spine (lumbar spine disability), Chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, Allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1404631
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