Wrist & hand decisions — 2024

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of a heart condition, gallbladder condition, and right wrist condition due to insufficient evidence of current disabilities.

The Veteran's right wrist disability, which includes numbness, swelling, locking, tremors, reduced grip strength, and stomach upset due to arthritis, has been granted an extraschedular rating.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date of June 28, 2012, for the grant of a 20% rating for lumbosacral strain, degenerative arthritis of the spine, and intervertebral disc syndrome has been granted.

The Board has remanded several service connection claims due to the loss of Veteran's service treatment records. The claims will be reviewed with a focus on determining whether there is sufficient evidence to establish service connection for the claimed conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for right hand carpal tunnel syndrome is denied as he does not have a current diagnosis of the condition. The claim for service connection for sleep apnea is remanded due to lack of a VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand prior to September 23, 2017 was denied. The Board found that there is insufficient evidence to show mild incomplete paralysis of the median nerve.,For tension headaches, the Veteran received a 30 percent rating effective June 30, 2017. The claim for a higher rating prior to September 23, 2017 was remanded.