The Board has granted a 30 percent disability rating for the veteran's partial amputation residuals of the left hand, including his Dupuytren's contracture. The veteran is also entitled to special monthly compensation for loss of use of the left hand.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected partial amputations and nonservice-connected Dupuytren's contracture resulted in a combined disability rating of 30 percent, which was granted as direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Dupuytren's contracture of the left hand, Partial amputation of left third, fourth, and fifth fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0603480
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Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for Dupuytren's contracture of both hands to obtain an addendum medical opinion and updated VA treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left hand, left knee, and right knee conditions due to inadequate VA opinions and failure to comply with prior remand directives. The case is now pending for further review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for Dupuytren's contracture of the right and left hands, as well as plantar fasciitis fibromatosis, are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left hand, left knee, and right knee conditions due to incomplete service records and inadequate opinions.
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