Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 19, 2007, for the grant of service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis and major depressive disorder associated with cervical spine degenerative arthritis.
The deciding factor: The relevant service department records formed the basis of the January 2020 grant of entitlement to service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis and major depressive disorder, which required reconsideration of the claim under 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c).
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis, major depressive disorder, as secondary to service-connected cervical spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099778
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