The Veteran's cervical spine condition was not related to service or his service-connected back disability, and there is no service-connected condition for the upper extremity condition to be secondary to. As a result, the Veteran's claim for TDIU has been withdrawn.,Service connection for a cervical spine condition and an upper extremity condition as secondary to a cervical condition were denied due to lack of evidence supporting their relationship with service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that the Veteran's current cervical condition was not related to service, did not manifest within one year of separation from service, and was not caused by his already service-connected back disability. The upper extremity condition was also found to be unrelated to the cervical condition.,Service connection for a cervical spine condition and an upper extremity condition as secondary to a cervical condition were denied because there is no evidence showing that these conditions are related to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine condition, upper extremity condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22012536
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