The Board has determined that the Veteran's cervical facet syndrome with chronic neck pain is related to his in-service injury, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: A VA medical opinion provided a nexus linking the Veteran's current neck condition to his in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical facet syndrome, chronic neck pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1733913
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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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