The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right wrist arthritis, finding that it is related to his in-service fall. The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the current disability is related to service.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion supports a nexus between the Veteran's in-service fall and his current right wrist arthritis, outweighing the VA examiner's negative opinion due to its inadequacy.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18156488
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right wrist disability, finding that there is insufficient evidence to support the claim and requiring an updated medical opinion.
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