The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine, finding that there was functional loss due to pain causing additional disability beyond that reflected on range of motion measurements.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively weighed in favor of a 10 percent rating, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine based on painful motion and functional loss due to pain and weakness.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096431
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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