The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left thumb disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding its etiology and relationship to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the left thumb condition was less likely than not incurred in or caused by the claimed in-service injury, event or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- left thumb disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1549873
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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 service connection for left shoulder, left wrist, right wrist, left thumb, and right thumb disorders due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities. The appeal for a right eye vision disorder was dismissed as untimely.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues for further development, specifically to obtain treatment records from VISTA imaging and ensure compliance with previous remand directives.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right foot pes planus and denied it for a left thumb disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, finding no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence.
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