The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury, residuals of right hip injury, and residuals of thoracolumbar spine disability. The claimant's right leg radiculopathy is also found to be secondary to his thoracolumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current musculoskeletal conditions are directly connected to his time spent as a paratrooper while serving on active duty, and the examiner provided a positive opinion with adequate rationale that relates the current disabilities to the Veteran’s military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right-hand injury, residuals of right hip injury, residuals of thoracolumbar (middle and low back) spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- A19000946
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for residuals of a head injury.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for residuals of a right hip injury (claimed as pulled pelvic joint) is granted. Service connection for this condition is denied.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury and non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver due to DBNP, finding that there is no link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claims for service connection for residuals of right hand, knee, hip, nose injury, and hearing loss.
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