The Board has determined that the veteran's anxiety neurosis and carpal tunnel syndrome are not related to service or service-connected conditions, and thus denied these claims. The scar evaluation remains unchanged as it is within the normal range for a residual scar.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for either condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Neurosis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome of the Right Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0526921
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted initial ratings of 50 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood, and 50 percent and 40 percent for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity and left upper extremity, respectively.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, as new evidence has been received that warrants readjudication.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and anxiety neurosis, assigning an effective date of September 2, 1966. The decision was based on new evidence received after the original claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is REMANDED for further action regarding his claim of entitlement to a TDIU. The Board finds that the evidence does not show he meets the schedular criteria for assignment of a TDIU, including on the basis of disabilities affecting a single body system (orthopedic), during the entire period on appeal.
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