Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability in service or within one year of separation from service.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence did not show incurrence of cervical spine degenerative arthritis in service or for many years after service, and the benefit of the doubt doctrine is therefore not applicable to this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25087952
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