Wrist & hand decisions — 2012

The Board found that the Veteran's current left wrist disability, including Kienbock's disease, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and could not be presumed based on the one-year presumption for a chronic disease. The claim was denied as there was no direct evidence linking the current condition to service.

The Board finds that the Veteran's right shoulder, left elbow, and bilateral wrist disabilities are likely related to service. The Veteran reported symptoms during service and has continued treatment for these conditions.,Service connection is granted for a right shoulder disability, right elbow disability, and bilateral wrist disability.

The Veteran's LEMS was not service-connected, and his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 based on VA's failure to timely diagnose and properly treat LEMS was also denied.

The Board found no evidence of a current right wrist disorder or gastro-intestinal disorder, and thus denied the Veteran's claims for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for right wrist, left wrist, and left knee disabilities. The effective date is not specified as the claims were received in January 2005.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his right wrist scars. The claim will be readjudicated based on both old and new criteria for rating scars.

The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a right hand laceration are not rated higher than 10 percent, and his bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome is not found to be related to the service-connected condition.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic left wrist disability in service and concluded that the Veteran's current left wrist disorder is not related to his military service. The claim for service connection was therefore denied.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and development due to the presence of new symptoms not previously noted in his medical records.

The Board denied service connection for psychiatric disorder, PTSD, left wrist disorder, right wrist disorder, sexual dysfunction, and sleep disorder. The Veteran's claims were not supported by competent evidence of a nexus between the claimed conditions and his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome was not incurred in active service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the Board is dismissing the case.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral wrist disorder, an increased evaluation for sinusitis, and an extra-schedular rating for migraines. The evidence did not support the Veteran's assertions of in-service injury or symptoms related to these conditions.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for left shoulder disability, right elbow disability, left wrist disability, and bilateral hearing loss disability.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the death of the appellant.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining Worker's Compensation records and recent treatment records from his healthcare providers.

The Board denied all claims, including those related to service connection for various conditions and the reopening of a previously denied skin disability claim. The appellant's erectile dysfunction was not granted an initial compensable rating or earlier effective date.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his scar residual of left wrist injury and his TDIU claim were both denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support granting a compensable rating based on the scar, as it was not painful or unstable. For the TDIU claim, the Veteran's sole service-connected disability (scar) rated 0% did not meet the schedular criteria for TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to schedule a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals at the RO.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hand and finger disabilities, as well as his bilateral wrist disability. The Board found that there was no evidence of a disease or injury in service or within one year post-service that led to these current disabilities.