Service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease has been granted. The Board also remanded several issues related to service connection for various conditions secondary to thyroid cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbar degenerative disc disease was found to be a result of active duty service, and the appeal is remanded for further development regarding other secondary service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease, thyroid cancer, scars, right arm condition, chest condition, bilateral vocal cord paralysis, respiratory condition, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18153179
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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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