The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the nature and extent of any right hand/wrist disability found on examination, as well as whether it is at least as likely as not (50 percent or greater probability) that such disorder is the result of disease or injury incurred or aggravated during the Veteran's ACDUTRA in the Army National Guard from September 12, 1975 to October 21, 1975. The appellant will be provided a corrective notice letter and an opportunity to provide additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board needs to determine whether any preexisting right hand/wrist disability clearly and unmistakably (absolutely certain) preexisted the appellant's entrance onto ACDUTRA, if so, whether it(they) increased in severity during ACDUTRA; and, if so, whether such increase in severity represented the natural progression of the condition, or was beyond the natural progress of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right hand injury with ulnar nerve paralysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1136416
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What this means for you
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