The Board found that the Veteran's motor vehicle accident in service was not due to willful misconduct and granted service connection for his C-5 quadriplegia.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of willful misconduct, and the proximate cause of the accident was attributed to black ice on the road.
- Claimed conditions
- C-5 quadriplegia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1542626
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the cases due to procedural issues, including determining whether the Veteran timely filed a notice of disagreement regarding the effective date assigned for service connection and SMC awards. The AOJ must consider if any relevant rating decision became final before or after April 2000.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and SMC awards were denied as the issues remained unadjudicated at the time of the January 1989 RO denial.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded for further development to obtain weather conditions at the time of the Veteran's motor vehicle accident.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's C-5 quadriplegia was incurred in service, as it resulted from a surgical procedure performed during his active duty. The decision is based on the opinion of several medical experts who concluded that the surgery caused the quadriplegia.
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