The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to October 29, 2012 for service connection of right and left thumb digital nerve neuromas and right and left thumb scars due to lack of evidence of a claim filed before this date.
The deciding factor: There is no legal basis to provide an effective date earlier than October 29, 2012 for the grants of service connection as there are no prior claims that would be preserved by such an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Thumb Digital Nerve Neuroma, Left Thumb Digital Nerve Neuroma, Right Thumb Scars, Left Thumb Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18158064
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right thumb scars are rated as 20 percent disabling since April 23, 2021. The claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent is remanded due to the need for clarification on whether his hand shaking and numbness were caused or aggravated by his right thumb disability. Additionally, the Veteran's hearing loss is denied as he does not meet the criteria for a VA hearing loss disability.
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