The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine spondylosis and bilateral upper extremity cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine spondylosis. Service connection was denied for a thoracolumbar spine disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's current cervical spine spondylosis is related to her in-service injury during National Guard IDT, and her bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy is proximately due to or the result of her service-connected cervical spine spondylosis.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine spondylosis, bilateral upper extremity cervical radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- A19002073
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims, including those related to various conditions such as right foot condition, TMJ, asthma, jawbone condition, sleep apnea, kidney stones, chronic bronchitis, Alpha gal, encephalopathy, left shoulder, left ankle, cervical spine, right hip, tachycardia, loose teeth, and jawbone condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent and 20 percent for cervical spine spondylosis and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis, as an adequate medical opinion has not been obtained.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for cervical spine spondylosis from September 23, 2013 and a 40 percent rating for right upper extremity (RUE) radiculopathy prior to December 16, 2013. Other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine spondylosis for additional development.
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