The Board has granted service connection for residuals of right wrist surgery, finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are related to her in-service surgery.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's continuous complaints of pain and tingling since her in-service surgery constitute a nexus between the surgery and her current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right wrist surgery, right hand carpel tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1100953
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for a new examination and additional information regarding his occupational history.
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