The Board has granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and a left hip disability on a secondary basis, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise that these disabilities are related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s current cervical and left hip disabilities were related to his service-connected conditions, leading to a grant of service connection on both issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical degenerative disc disease, Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS), Cervical spine stenosis, Left hip osteoarthrosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19176297
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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