The Board has granted service connection for cervical myelopathy and degenerative joint disease with spinal stenosis, assigning a disability rating of 20 percent effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence in the military medical records that would support a continuation of an in-service condition as the cause of the current cervical spine findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical myelopathy, Degenerative joint disease, Spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2015
- Citation
- 1553129
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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