The Board has granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand as secondary to the veteran's right median nerve injury. The rating for residuals of a median nerve injury, right hand, remains at 40 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the medical evidence showing that the left hand condition is related to the service-connected right hand disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand, Median nerve injury, right hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0431513
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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
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