Wrist & hand decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted a 10 percent initial disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected right wrist tendonitis based on pain and crepitus, effective from March 25, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right knee, left knee, right wrist, right foot, soft tissue sarcoma, thyroid disorder, and right hand disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following substantial gainful activity.

The Board granted service connection for left ankle, shoulder, and wrist conditions based on the Veteran's in-service injuries and ongoing symptoms.

The Board denied service connection for left and right shin splints, a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the appellant's left wrist fracture, and a compensable disability rating for his left wrist surgical scar.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The veteran's appeal requests for service connection for various conditions were denied as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, left ankle disability, and right wrist disability based on the evidence showing that these conditions had their onset during the Veteran's active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and a higher rating to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right hip disorder, left-hand disorder, respiratory disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for right wrist strain, testicular pain, TMJ with bruxism, and erectile dysfunction (secondary to PTSD), while denying increased ratings for PTSD, left wrist strain, abdominal scarring status post appendectomy, chronic sinusitis, IBS, and bilateral hearing loss. The Board also granted special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board granted an initial 40 percent evaluation for right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome and a 30 percent evaluation for residuals of an ununited right scaphoid fracture, effective December 2, 2016.

The Board granted service connection and initial ratings for several conditions, including PTSD with traumatic brain injury, bilateral shin splints, right and left upper extremity radiculopathies, and a 20 percent rating for the right ankle disability.

The Board granted service connection for a right wrist condition and left wrist condition, but remanded the claims for fibromyalgia, heart condition, DMII, sleep apnea, RLE radiculopathy, LLE radiculopathy, and TDIU prior to September 4, 2013.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability, left knee disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, and right wrist disability as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The claims for service connection for a right arm condition and a right wrist condition were dismissed as the Veteran did not file a Notice of Disagreement within one year of the February 2019 rating decision which denied these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, as no appeal was initiated within one year of the final May 2023 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder condition, left forearm, wrist, hand and finger condition, left knee condition, and right knee condition based on new and relevant evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder mixed with depression was granted a 70 percent rating from July 23, 2022.