The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disorder and cervical spine disorder are attributable to service, thus granting service connection for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding of in-service injury and current disability related to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder (lumbosacral strain), cervical spine disorder (severe mid and lower cervical spondylosis; moderate central spinal stenosis of C5-C6 and C6-C7 with severe bilateral foraminal impingement at both levels; and severe bilateral foraminal impingement C4-C5)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1629081
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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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