The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of left hand injury is granted as the evidence supports a finding that his current disability is related to an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the weight of the evidence supported a nexus between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current disability, leading to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left hand injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107498
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hand injury is related to his active-duty service and grants service connection for residuals of a left hand injury.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient response to previous remand instructions regarding service connection for residuals of left hand injury.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence and procedural issues, including a lack of adequate VA opinion regarding the continuity of symptoms since service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of left hand injury, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his in-service injury. The most probative evidence indicated that the Veteran's dupuytren's contracture is not related to his military service.
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