The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and SMC have been denied. The Board found no evidence of compensable disability for the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed disabilities warranted a compensable rating under VA schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye disability, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right little finger, Residuals of a nasal fracture, Amnestic and cognitive disorder due to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Right wrist tendinitis, Nasal fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1544270
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right wrist disability, finding that there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no current disability related to her active duty service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's TMD is related to her in-service nasal fracture, and thus service connection for TMD is granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right wrist disability. The claim will be reconsidered by the AOJ with consideration of all submitted evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to service-connected disabilities from October 4, 2006, to November 18, 2008. The Board found that the Veteran's right wrist condition prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
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