Granted
The Board granted service connection for neck arthritis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's neck arthritis manifested to a compensable degree within one year of separation from service and is not attributable to intercurrent causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine (neck arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020876
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