The Board has granted service connection for residuals of right thumb injury and denied service connection for residuals of right hand and wrist injury. The veteran's current right thumb injuries are related to his period of active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report provided objective evidence linking the current residual conditions to the veteran's service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right thumb injury, residuals of right hand and wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0333234
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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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