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 assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1419825
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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