The Board has granted service connection for a neck disability due to Klippel-Feal syndrome. The issues of service connection for back, left leg nerve, and right leg nerve conditions secondary to the neck disability are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's neck disability is found to be permanently aggravated by his military service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability due to Klippel-Feil syndrome, back condition (ankylosing spondylitis), left leg nerve condition, right leg nerve condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20012621
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