The Board has determined that the veteran's current right cubital tunnel syndrome with ulnar nerve symptoms is related to an in-service injury, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding of a link between the current disability and the injury in service, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right cubital tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0614047
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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