The Board has granted service connection for a ganglion cyst of the right wrist, finding that it was incurred in active service. The other conditions are not considered to be related to service.
The deciding factor: A nexus opinion established a link between the current right wrist disability and events during service.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst of the right wrist, chronic pain syndrome involving the right wrist, right carpel tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0304020
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to incomplete records. The VA must attempt to obtain all relevant medical records, including those from the Louisville VAMC from January 2012 through March 2022.
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