The Veteran's left hand condition, which includes amputations of multiple fingers and degenerative joint disease, warrants a 60 percent evaluation under the VA rating schedule. The claim for service connection for other conditions remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left hand disability meets the criteria for a 60 percent evaluation based on the severity of his amputations and associated degenerative changes.
- Claimed conditions
- amputations involving the index, middle, ring and little fingers, left (nondominant) hand, degenerative joint disease of the right hand (dominant) and fingers, leg condition, dysfunction and scarring of the right thumb, degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, funktion of the right little finger, bleeding wound ulcer involving the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1032934
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to military service.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for leg, right hip, left hip, and high blood pressure conditions to ensure proper development of evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to duty-to-assist errors and a need for an opinion regarding whether VA providers' care was negligent in causing the Veteran's right leg length discrepancy.
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