The Board has granted increased ratings for the veteran's right ring finger fracture and thyroid condition, both rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported the need for increased ratings based on current symptoms and functional impairment of the joints involved.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ring finger fracture, Thyroid condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0218752
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for Graves' disease and a thyroid condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a thyroid condition, finding that there is no evidence to support a direct or secondary relationship between his current thyroid condition and his military service or any service-connected disabilities. The Board also found that obesity did not qualify as an intermediary step in establishing secondary service connection.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a thyroid condition and an increased disability rating for dysphagia have been dismissed as the issues were not properly appealed.
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