The Board found that there is no current disability of the right wrist and thus denied service connection for residuals of a ganglion cyst.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing a current disability of the right wrist, which is required to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2003
- Citation
- 0316059
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist did not result from service or are not related to his service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for migraine headaches and residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist were denied as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations, resulting in the claims being rated based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development of the evidence is required before a decision can be made on the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for migraine headaches and residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain service medical records and verify the veteran's reserve service.
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