The Board denied service connection for right long finger disorder and right ring finger disorder. The Veteran's chronic adjustment and dysthymic disorder with depression and anxiety was granted an initial rating of 50 percent, effective March 1, 2005.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any organic conditions in the right hand fingers that were related to service or could be linked to a current condition. The Veteran's symptoms were considered but did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Right long finger disorder, Right ring finger disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1419825
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right ring finger disorder and remanded the issue of an initial compensable rating for a right pinky disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various right hand and finger disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's right ring finger disorder is caused by or resulted from his service-connected residuals of a right wrist fracture and traumatic arthritis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal is denied as the evidence does not support higher ratings for his thoracic disability, coccydynia, right knee chondromalacia patella, right wrist CTS, left wrist CTS, and related fingers. Service connection was also denied.
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