The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's cervical spine disability and assigned a 20% rating. The TDIU claim is inextricably intertwined with this decision, as it affects whether the Veteran meets the schedular requirements for a total disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's cervical spondylosis with myelopathy was found to be proximately due to his service-connected lumbar spine disability and thus constitutes aggravation of a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spondylosis with myelopathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1752220
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's cervical disorder is related to his military service and granted. The claim for a higher rating for PTSD prior to February 26, 2020, remains in appellate status.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all claims as the appellant (or her authorized representative) withdrew the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded to verify his last date of gainful employment and determine if an extraschedular TDIU was warranted for the period from that date to June 23, 2008.,From July 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011, a TDIU is granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current conditions and military service. The secondary service connection claim for left knee disability-related spinal issues was also denied.
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