Wrist & hand decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for left and right carpal tunnel syndrome, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for multiple joint conditions, including left and right shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, elbow osteoarthritis, ankle strain, hip strain, and wrist strain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a hernia and left ankle to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome in the right and left upper extremities, but denied it for a neck disability. The 20 percent rating for low back disability was restored, and initial ratings of 20 percent were granted for sciatica affecting both lower extremities.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The Board denied service connection for left shoulder, left wrist, right wrist, left thumb, and right thumb disorders due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities. The appeal for a right eye vision disorder was dismissed as untimely.

The Board remands the increased rating claims for right wrist and left shoulder for further development.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative disc disease, right wrist strain, and left wrist strain. The appeal of the deferred issue of entitlement to service connection for GERD was dismissed. Other issues were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome and a TDIU due to PTSD, effective October 25, 2021. SMC was also granted from March 16, 2022.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for the Veteran's left and right wrist sprains, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on pain or other factors.

The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication.

The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct a predecisional duty to assist error in verifying all periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA during the Veteran's Reserve service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied the claims for bilateral hearing loss, initial compensable rating for rhinitis, rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, and remanded the claim for right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

The veteran withdrew all appeals related to the initial ratings for left shoulder, right hip (extension and flexion), and right wrist conditions.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for left elbow, wrist, and little finger disabilities to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hearing loss, as there was no current diagnosis of these conditions. The claims for service connection for various other conditions were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left wrist ganglion cyst with limitation of motion, as there was no evidence of favorable or unfavorable ankylosis.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for right benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, denied a higher rating for the same condition, and remanded separate ratings for carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists and a compensable rating for hypothyroidism.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran opted into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) review system within 60 days of a May 2023 supplemental statement of the case, withdrawing his legacy appeal.