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
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 service connection for back condition, right lower extremity nerve damage, left lower extremity nerve damage, and residuals of a right-hand injury as the Veteran does not have current diagnoses for these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury, finding that the Veteran's current disability had its onset during active military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date of October 24, 2013 for both entitlement to a TDIU and establishment of basic eligibility to DEA benefits.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the claim but has not decided on the merits of service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury as it is remanded.
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