The Veteran's neck disability is denied service connection, and his back disability remains rated at 40 percent. The Board granted a TDIU from February 3, 2005, through January 4, 2018, and from December 1, 2019, to September 24, 2020.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support service connection for the neck disability as a direct or secondary effect of the back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine degenerative joint disease or arthritis, Spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22006576
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