The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and found that his cervical spondylosis with C5-6 and C6-7 stenosis is related to his service-connected lumbar intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative changes in spondylosis of the dorsal spine, thus granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's private treating physician provided a rationale supporting that his chronic neck pain was more likely than not connected to his chronic lower back pain, which is related to his service-connected lumbar and dorsal spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spondylosis with C5-6 and C6-7 stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1444940
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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