The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of carpal tunnel syndrome are related to service, and thus grants service connection for a hand disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's residuals of carpal tunnel syndrome were found to be directly related to his in-service repetitive motion injury during reserve duty, which is considered service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- hand disorder, residuals of carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1534056
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hip disorder, manifested by pain and degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine. The claim for a hand disorder was denied.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for chronic bronchitis as untimely and denied service connection for various other conditions including a left ankle disorder, asthma, shoulder disorder, chest disorder, foot disorder, GI disorder, hand disorder, knee disorder, and neck disorder due to lack of evidence supporting their direct relation to service.
- Partly granted
Service connection for a hand disorder is denied. Service connection for anemia, iron deficiency, arthritis of the left knee, and fibromyalgia are remanded for further evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for obtaining the Veteran's service treatment records (STRs) and conducting a VA examination. The STRs were not obtained as directed in the January 2023 remand, despite previous attempts.
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