Wrist & hand decisions — 2025

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 2, 2018, for service connection for various disabilities.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for various disabilities, including PTSD with other specified depressive disorder and multiple wrist and finger pain conditions.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including herniation and bulging disk L4 through S1, knee pain with osteoarthritis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, and neuropathy. However, the Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for chronic headaches.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded service connection claims.

The appeal was granted for service connection for latent tuberculosis and dermatitis of the face, while other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for a left wrist disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including bilateral wrist, ankle, foot, shoulder, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, lumbosacral spine, and carpal tunnel syndrome, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active service.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral hand disability, left hip disability, left wrist disability, pseudo-folliculitis barbae with scarring, and sinusitis due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a deviated septum and right wrist pain, while denying service connection for sleep apnea. The decision also addressed various rating issues and effective dates.

The Board granted a rating of 20 percent for carpal tunnel syndrome, left hand, effective February 17, 2024.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of his left wrist, as the evidence did not support a finding that he had no effective function in the hand other than what would be equally well served by an amputation stump at the site of election below the elbow with use of a suitable prosthetic appliance.

The Board granted service connection for hand arm vibration syndrome, left, right, and left hand pain/left thumb arthritis based on the Veteran's active naval service.

The Board denied service connection for acute sinusitis, a left wrist condition, and remanded the claim for rhinitis due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the case to adjudicate the Veteran's motion for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a 2009 rating decision, as well as service connection for right wrist carpel tunnel syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for a left wrist disorder and a higher initial disability rating for bilateral shin splints.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder and right wrist disorders to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board denied increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and a psychiatric disability due to insufficient evidence of the severity required for higher ratings.

The Board denied service connection for a bone disability (unhealed navicular) of the right wrist as there is no evidence linking it to active military service.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and an initial 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome with pinguecula, while denying service connection for other psychiatric disorders, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and multiple musculoskeletal conditions. Some claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for a left upper extremity condition, claimed as a left shoulder condition, to schedule a VA examination and obtain an opinion on whether the condition is related to service.