The Board has restored the Veteran's cervical spine disability rating from 10% to 20%, finding that her condition did not improve under ordinary conditions of life and work.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life, thus restoring the original 20% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183843
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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.
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