The Veteran is granted entitlement to service connection for a left thumb scar and denied on the other issues. The denial includes the right little finger and hand disorder issue, which was not developed or certified for appellate review.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while there were no in-service diagnoses of the claimed conditions, the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the left thumb scar had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left thumb scar, left hand and finger disorder, right little finger and hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18126515
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal in its entirety prior to the promulgation of a decision, citing satisfaction with the October 2024 supplemental statement of the case and rating decision.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals of entitlement to increased disability ratings, initial compensable ratings, and initial disability ratings for lumbosacral strain, chronic rhinitis, and headaches. The appeal of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and left thumb scar was also dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to earlier effective dates for left thumb disability and scar, as well as initial ratings for these conditions. The Veteran's claims are pending further development.
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