The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's residuals of a right index finger injury, finding that these residuals are related to his inservice injury.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology and medical evidence linking current disability to the inservice injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right index finger injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0407394
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,500 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for respiratory disability beyond bronchitis with bronchospasm and bilateral hearing loss, but remanded claims for neck, sleep, low back, and right index finger disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from being able to perform daily activities and if he requires regular aid and attendance.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right index finger injury. The claim will be reviewed with a new examination and opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining missing service treatment records and VA medical records, as well as scheduling a VA examination.
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