The Board finds that the veteran's ulnar nerve damage affecting his right upper extremity is likely attributable to a training injury sustained during service, and grants service connection for this disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran injured his right arm in service and has continued symptoms since then, warranting a grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- ulnar nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0207098
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's ulnar nerve disability was granted an increased rating of 60 percent from July 31, 2018, forward.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, encephalitis, ulnar nerve disability, and infertility as the evidence did not show a causal relationship to military service or any service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions due to new evidence being added to the file.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an ulnar nerve disability and denied service connection for the residuals of pericarditis. The ulnar nerve disability is due to a repetitive use injury during active duty for training (ACDUTRA). Service connection was not established for the residuals of pericarditis as there is no evidence that it occurred during ACDUTRA.
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