Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The August 20, 2025 VA medical opinions found that the Veteran's neck and back disabilities were at least as likely as not related to his service due to the correlation between military service and such disabilities supported by the Veteran's lay report of an in-service onset.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, Degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25013568
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