The Board has determined that the Veteran's August 29, 2005 statement constitutes an informal claim for service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome. As a result, the effective date for the grant of service connection is set at August 31, 2005.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's August 29, 2005 statement evidenced an implicit intent to seek service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome and thus may be considered a pending unadjudicated claim prior to September 19, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right elbow fracture, right carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1002679
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What this means for you
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