The Veteran's left wrist disability, diagnosed as left wrist posttraumatic synovitis, posttraumatic degenerative arthritis, and scapholunate dissociation, is causally related to his military service. The appeal for this condition has been granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided an opinion relating the Veteran's current left wrist disability to his military service based on a history that each of the problems diagnosed had symptoms during the Veteran's military service, which continued throughout his service to the present.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist posttraumatic synovitis, posttraumatic degenerative arthritis, scapholunate dissociation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1426614
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What this means for you
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