The Board has determined that the Veteran's neck spasms are related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s neck spasms were at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by an in-service injury, event, or illness based on the evidence of record including service treatment records and current medical history.
- Claimed conditions
- neck spasms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164419
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Decisions by this judge: 2,287 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal regarding service connection for neck spasms because the appellant requested to withdraw his appeal.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the March 1996 RO decision denying service connection for neck and low back disabilities was tainted by clear and unmistakable error, thus reversing the decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a videoconference hearing at the Pittsburgh RO. The issues of an increased disability rating for left eye hypertropia and service connection for headaches and neck spasms are on hold until further notice.
- Denied
The Board found no competent medical evidence of current disabilities related to the veteran's claimed conditions and denied all claims for service connection.
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