The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine disabilities, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability. However, the Board found that there is no evidence linking these conditions to service or aggravation by the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of competent and probative evidence does not support a finding that the cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine disabilities are related to service or caused or aggravated by the service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Disability, Thoracolumbar Spine Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19197055
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What this means for you
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