The Board has determined that the Veteran's cervical spine disability is related to service, and thus granted service connection for this condition. The issues of entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease and left leg shorter than right leg are also addressed.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show in-service injuries which may have contributed to current cervical spine disabilities. The Veteran's testimony supported these findings, indicating that his initial car accident caused neck pain, and subsequent accidents further aggravated the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability, ischemic heart disease, left leg shorter than right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2015
- Citation
- 1520733
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart condition, including ischemic heart disease. The evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims of service connection for cervical spine and skin rash disabilities, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to active military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's ischemic heart disease is granted as presumptively related to his service in the Gulf War, specifically aboard the USS Chanticleer and USS Mataco.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, ischemic heart disease, right lower extremity peripheral artery disease, left lower extremity peripheral artery disease, and hypertension as the evidence did not establish an in-service event or exposure to herbicide agents.
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