The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for residuals of an injury to the right hand, and for residuals of the removal of a ganglion cyst from the left hand. However, no new and material evidence was found regarding the claim for a psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the newly submitted evidence related to the right hand and left hand conditions raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims, while the evidence relating to the psychiatric disorder did not establish a necessary fact to support the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of an injury to the right hand, Residuals of the removal of a ganglion cyst from the left hand, Psychiatric disorder (specific condition not stated), Bilateral pes planus, Low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0600023
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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