The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left wrist and trigger-finger deformity of the left middle, ring, and little fingers as these conditions are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected left shoulder disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the service-connected left shoulder neither caused nor aggravated the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the left wrist, Trigger-finger deformity of the left middle, ring, and little fingers
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0524880
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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