The Veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability has been reopened. The Board finds that the Veteran has a cervical spine disability secondary to his service-connected low back disability and grants this claim. However, further examination is needed to determine appropriate ratings for other disabilities.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports reopening the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, while VA examinations are required to assess current severity of headaches, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, and lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disability, Cervical Spine Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1817415
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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