The Board has determined that the Veteran is entitled to service connection for a left hand condition, specifically, a left hand scar. There is medical evidence of a current left hand scar, lay evidence of in-service occurrence of an injury, and competent evidence of a nexus between the claimed in-service injury and the current left hand scar.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's currently diagnosed left hand scar was related to his military service, but not to a contusion reported in 2002. The findings upon examination were consistent with the Veteran's lay statements regarding the etiology of the scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hand Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1026045
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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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