The Board granted an effective date of January 28, 2015, for the award of service connection for a cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: Relevant service treatment records were associated with the claim file after the February 2015 rating decision and not considered in that decision, allowing reconsideration and granting an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)/Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), cervical spine, claimed as neck pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24064900
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including cervical spine, chronic fatigue, and various nerve damages, as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to in-service events.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine, finding that there was functional loss due to pain causing additional disability beyond that reflected on range of motion measurements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical spine, left elbow, and left foot to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the March 2024 decision on appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical spine to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the July 2021 rating decision.
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