The Board grants service connection for residuals of injury of the right hand, including arthritis of the right hand and loss of fingernails on fingers of the right hand with chronic deformity and fungus infections.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that it is as likely as not that the disabilities of the fingers of the Veteran's right hand are related to the at-sea accident in service, based on the veteran's history and current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right hand, loss of fingernails on fingers of the right hand with chronic deformity and fungus infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0905267
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased rating claims due to a concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA). The issues were docketed in error as the AOJ was still reviewing them.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings for a left middle finger disability with arthritis and arthritis of the right hand due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including arthritis of the entire skeletal system (other than cervical spine, right shoulder, bilateral hands, and left foot), a left knee condition (other than arthritis), and other specific joints. The claims were not granted.
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