Service connection granted for right and left hand disorders (Dupuytren's contracture) and PTSD. The Veteran's service-connected hypertension remains at a noncompensable rating.,New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for left Achilles tendinitis, which is currently denied.
The deciding factor: For right hand disorder (Dupuytren's contracture), the Board found that the Veteran had in-service Dupuytren's contracture and continued progression post-service. For left hand disorder (Dupuytren's contracture), the same reasoning applied. Service connection for PTSD was granted based on combat stressors. For hypertension, a noncompensable rating is assigned as systolic pressure has been predominantly less than 160 and diastolic pressure less than 100.,For left Achilles tendinitis, new evidence submitted since January 2010 raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Dupuytren's contracture (right hand), Dupuytren's contracture (left hand), PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1637133
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