The Veteran is granted an effective date of July 8, 2006 for the assignment of a 70 percent evaluation for service-connected degenerative changes of the right wrist.,The Veteran is granted an effective date of July 8, 2006 for the grant of service connection for painful scar of the right thumb.,The Veteran is granted an effective date of July 8, 2006 for the grant of individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed a claim on July 8, 2006 encompassing all symptoms and diagnoses related to his right hand disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the right wrist, Painful scar of the right thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1826722
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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 Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for degenerative changes of the right wrist, left knee, and right knee were denied as his conditions did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under applicable VA regulations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to properly evaluate the Veteran's right wrist conditions, and thus remands the case for further development.
- Denied
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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