The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a neck disability, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's current condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The September 2025 VA examiner determined that the Veteran's cervical degenerative arthritis was less likely than not related to his military service or an in-service injury due to the nature of acute neck strains typically resolving without producing chronic structural degeneration, and the absence of objective evidence of a pathophysiologic mechanism to initiate or accelerate degenerative arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25013953
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