The Board has granted service connection for a disability of the left fifth finger and a urological condition, but dismissed the appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for a disability of the left leg.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing that the Veteran's conditions are related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Dupuytren's contracture (left fifth finger), urological condition, non-specific urethritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1809763
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to December 21, 2017.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings was dismissed due to his death, and no service connection issues were addressed.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for non-specific urethritis and chronic prostatitis, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the February 1971 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
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