The Board granted service connection for a ganglion cyst of the left wrist, resolving all doubt in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records showed an injury to the left wrist during service and a diagnosis of a lunate bone cyst. The veteran has had continuous treatment since discharge, supporting continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst of the left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0900179
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.
What you can do next
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The Board denied service connection for a ganglion cyst of the left wrist, bilateral flatfoot, right hip disability, and left hip disability as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a temporary 100 percent disability rating for the period from February 14, 2008, to March 31, 2008, based on left wrist/hand surgery related to service-connected residuals of ganglion cyst of the left wrist. The claims for increased ratings and TDIU were denied.
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