The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a crush injury to the left wrist and left hand, finding no evidence of current disabilities or in-service incurrence.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not reveal any current left hand or wrist disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a crush injury to the left wrist, residuals of a crush injury to the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2005
- Citation
- 0504557
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- Granted
The Veteran's current left hand and wrist problems, including carpal tunnel syndrome, are considered to be related to the June 1997 service injury. The Board finds that the evidence is at least in equipoise with the claim.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the residuals of a crush injury to the left hand, finding that the veteran's current condition can be linked to his in-service injury.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current disabilities involving a neck strain, plantar warts, cellulitis of the left ankle, or residuals of a crush injury to the left hand. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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