The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of residuals of a right thumb injury and granted it, finding that new evidence supports the claim.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence was submitted showing a possible relationship between the veteran's current right thumb deformity and an in-service trauma. This evidence is significant enough to warrant reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right thumb injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0324760
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of right thumb injury, finding no current disability related to the in-service thumb injury and that the Veteran did not have a nexus between his current conditions and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete service treatment records and the need for additional VA examinations regarding his right and left thumb disabilities, as well as any bilateral eye disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to allow for a Travel Board hearing before a third Veterans Law Judge at the RO.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for residuals of right thumb injury, finding that his symptoms are related to service. The claims for chronic headaches and right ear infection will be remanded for further development.
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