The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether a left forearm injury in service caused or increased the severity of a 1992 left wrist fracture, and thus grants service connection for the residuals of the 1992 comminuted left distal radius fracture.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions place the evidence on the question of whether the residuals of the left forearm injury in service increased the severity of the post-service injury in relative equipoise.
- Claimed conditions
- left distal radius fracture, left forearm injury
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0205032
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for a new VA examination to assess the severity of his right medial meniscus tear.
- Denied
The Board has denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's residuals of left distal radius fracture, finding that the disability does not meet or approximate the criteria for higher ratings based on limitation of motion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to non-compliance with previous remand directives regarding a VA examination for the left distal radius fracture. The Veteran needs to be provided with a new VA examination to determine the severity of his disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left forearm injury, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to an in-service event or injury.
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