Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical strain residuals and remanded the claims for recurrent facial injury residuals to include laceration residuals, bilateral hearing loss, and a recurrent pancreas disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the diagnosed cervical strain residuals originated during active service. The Veteran's statements regarding his neck pain are credible, and there is no competent evidence to the contrary.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical strain residuals, Recurrent facial and head injury residuals to include laceration residuals, Bilateral hearing loss, Recurrent pancreas disability to include exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and pancreatic cysts with pancreaticoduodenectomy residuals claimed as the result of asbestos exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097948
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