Granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain and bilateral lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided a competent, well-reasoned, and uncontradicted basis to establish secondary service connection due to biomechanical rationale, literature support, and individualized application to the Veteran's disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103473
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