The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and granted service connection for post-operative right scapholunate ligament tear residuals, finding that the evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The private physician provided medical opinion linking the Veteran's inservice right wrist pain to his current condition, which was diagnosed as a partial scapholunate ligament tear and surgically repaired post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist sprain, post-operative right scapholunate ligament tear residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1007221
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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.
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