The Veteran's cervical disorder is found to be as likely as not caused by his service-connected low back disorder, and thus he is granted service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner initially stated that the low back disorder did not cause the cervical disorder. However, two private physicians provided opinions suggesting that the low back disorder did indeed cause the cervical disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1414669
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