The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's disability manifested by loss of strength in his right hand, finding that it is secondary to his service-connected ankylosis of the right little finger.
The deciding factor: The VA physician opined that the current hand disability was related to his service-connected injury and multiple surgeries he had in service, with the strength loss likely due to the inability to grip tightly secondary to the fixed position of the PIP joint of the little finger.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of strength of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2007
- Citation
- 0718387
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What this means for you
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