Service connection for cervical spine stenosis is granted, and the Veteran's claim for higher initial disability ratings in several areas of service-connected disabilities is remanded. The case is also remanded for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows current chronic cervical spine symptoms that are consistent with previous diagnoses, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Stenosis, Spondylosis (Arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23066441
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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