The veteran's left wrist fracture residuals are currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling. The Board found that the evidence does not show favorable ankylosis in 20 to 30 degrees of dorsiflexion, which would justify a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show favorable ankylosis in 20 to 30 degrees of dorsiflexion, as required for a 20% disability evaluation under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0015324
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for proximal pole fracture, right wrist navicular residuals; left wrist fracture residuals; sleep apnea with grinding of teeth; and a kidney disorder due to insufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral optic neuritis with reduced visual fields, left wrist fracture residuals, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, rendered him incapable of substantially gainful employment from May 8, 2019, to August 10, 2021.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left wrist fracture residuals are related to his active service. The claims for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus are remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left wrist fracture residuals are granted a 10% rating beginning August 15, 2013. The issue of service connection for his respiratory disability is remanded.
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