The Board grants service connection for various disabilities, including degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, cervical arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, posterior neck scar, neurological impairments of all extremities, hypopharyngeal mucosa laceration with residual dysphagia and esophagus dysfunction, neurogenic bowel dysfunction, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, and erectile dysfunction, as secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's current disabilities are causally / etiologically linked to his service-connected spinal disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, Cervical arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome including spinal fusion status post discectomy (C3-C4), Posterior neck scar, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Neurological impairments of the left upper extremity, variously diagnosed as tetraplegia, quadriplegia, and radiculopathy, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Neurological impairments of the right upper extremity, variously diagnosed as tetraplegia, quadriplegia, and radiculopathy, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Neurological impairments of the left lower extremity, variously diagnosed as tetraplegia, quadriplegia, and radiculopathy, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Neurological impairments of the right lower extremity, variously diagnosed as tetraplegia, quadriplegia, and radiculopathy, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Hypopharyngeal mucosa laceration with residual dysphagia and esophagus dysfunction, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Neurogenic bowel dysfunction, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Neurogenic bladder dysfunction, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities, Erectile dysfunction, secondary to service-connected spinal disabilities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054545
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Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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