The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine condition, finding no credible evidence of an injury or symptoms during service and insufficient evidence establishing a nexus to service.
The deciding factor: The absence of in-service treatment records and the conflicting accounts from the Veteran made it impossible to establish a credible history of neck pain beginning during service. The VA examiner's opinion was also persuasive in ruling out a connection between the current condition and military service due to the lack of evidence supporting such a link.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine (neck) condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25028008
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted the Veteran's application to readjudicate his claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and a cervical spine (neck) condition. However, the AOJ did not address the merits of the claim on remand due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran should be provided with an examination to determine if his neck condition is related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's bilateral foot condition, cervical spine condition, and left ankle condition were not shown as chronic in service or within the applicable presumptive period. The evidence does not establish continuity of symptomatology since service.,The Veteran's cervical spine condition was not shown as chronic in service or within the applicable presumptive period. The evidence does not establish continuity of symptomatology since service.,The Veteran's left ankle condition was not shown as chronic in service or within the applicable presumptive period. The evidence does not establish continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the motion to revise or reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for multiple issues regarding service connection, as the Veteran did not plead CUE with sufficient particularity.
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