The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen service connection for a right thumb disability, but not for a left thumb disability. The Veteran's claims are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and Material Evidence: For the right thumb disability, the Veteran provided additional medical evidence suggesting that his current condition may be related to pre-existing injuries during service. However, this evidence does not address whether there was permanent worsening of a preexisting condition in service or if the condition began during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Thumb Disability, Left Thumb Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1512148
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a compensable evaluation for a right thumb disability and TDIU prior to October 13, 2016 have been dismissed due to the finality of previous decisions by the Board and the Court.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings of his acquired psychiatric, cervical spine, lumbar spine, right thumb, right index finger, and right long finger disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's right thumb disability, scar, and hearing loss have been granted service connection with effective dates of September 9, 2024.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have any of the claimed disabilities and therefore, service connection for right thumb, left thumb, right index finger, left index finger, right middle finger, left middle finger, right ring finger, left ring finger, right small finger, or left small finger disabilities is denied.
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