The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a right wrist fracture are related to her active service, and thus service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show diagnoses of right wrist tendonitis, tenosynovitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and fractures. A private examiner concluded that the current loss of small finger extension and osteoarthritis in the distal radial ulnar joint were as likely as not due to her service-connected fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a right wrist fracture, Lumbar spine degenerative changes, disc protrusions and bulges, lumbar spondylosis, and lumbar facet arthropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1229917
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability is denied. The Board has also remanded the issues of rating excess of 10 percent for residuals of right and left wrist fractures due to outstanding VA treatment records.
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