The Board found that the veteran's well-healed service-connected scar from the excision of a ganglion cyst has not resulted in limitation of function of the wrist or fingers, but he complained of numbness and discomfort. The Board granted an initial noncompensable disability evaluation for residuals of a right hand ganglion cyst excision.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints of numbness and discomfort were considered as residual effects of the service-connected ganglion cyst removal, which was deemed to meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Code 4.118 (for scars) with consideration of other relevant diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0204370
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