The Board granted service connection for various conditions and increased the rating to 10 percent for thrombophlebitis of the left forearm, but denied claims for higher ratings for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The veteran's conditions were found to be directly related to his military service without any need for additional evidence or specific exposure factors.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of right wrist, neuromas of the right forearm, wrist and thumb with painful scars, thrombophlebitis of the left forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0723669
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