The Veteran's DJD of the cervical spine and spondylosis of the lumbar spine are granted as service-connected.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current cervical spine and low back conditions are related to his in-service motorcycle accident, which is considered a direct relationship without any presumption or secondary condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the cervical spine, Spondylosis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19161260
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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