The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a right hand disorder, claimed as residuals of a right hand injury. The claim is now reopened.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was found in the form of x-ray studies and lay statements indicating a current right hand disorder potentially related to an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disorder, residuals of a right hand injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0111023
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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