The Board denied service connection for a right-hand injury claimed as numbness in fingers and chronic right maxillary sinusitis. The Veteran's claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was also denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established due to lack of evidence supporting the occurrence of an injury during service, and no current residuals were found. For TDIU, the Veteran’s PTSD did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness in fingers, right maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18108849
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to February 7, 2013, because the evidence showed the veteran was able to maintain full-time employment during that period.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment as of September 1, 2018. The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility based on the evidence showing marginal employment due to his service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for right maxillary sinusitis and migraine headaches due to inadequate examinations and unclear evidence regarding service connection.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and right maxillary sinusitis due to the Veteran's death.
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