The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a spinal cord injury, as secondary to his service-connected Tourette’s syndrome. The decision also found that the Veteran's spinal cord injury is proximately due to his service-connected Tourette’s syndrome.
The deciding factor: Both the July 2016 VA medical opinion and the September 2016 private medical opinion provided positive nexus opinions connecting the Veteran's service-connected Tourette’s syndrome to his diagnosed spinal cord disability, which led to the Board finding that the Veteran's residuals of his spinal cord injury are proximately due to his service-connected Tourette’s syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Spinal cord injury, T-10 paraplegia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20013669
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of a preexisting spinal cord injury due to new and material evidence received since the March 2009 rating decision. However, the case is remanded as further medical examination is needed to determine if the preexisting condition was aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of complete private treatment records from the Medical Center of Plano regarding the Veteran's spinal cord injury. The Veteran must provide or authorize for release all relevant records, and if found necessary, a new medical opinion should be obtained.
- Granted
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