The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a left hand disorder, allowing the veteran's application to proceed.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which is significant enough to consider in deciding the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0209865
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches and granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for reactive airway disease. Service connection was denied for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, left hand disorder, and right hand disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disorders, including left and right knee disorders, hypertension, left hand, foot, leg, and arm disorders, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a left hand disorder was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the notice of disagreement.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, including service connection and rating claims.
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