The Veteran's left-hand disability, which is not service-connected, has been rated at 10 percent since April 2017. The rating reflects limitation of motion with a gap between the thumb and fingers of less than one inch.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s left-hand disability impacts his ability to perform occupational tasks due to painful and limited motion, which more nearly approximates the criteria for a 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Left-hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130555
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 various disabilities, including GERD, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, and multiple musculoskeletal and other conditions, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right shoulder, right-hand, left-hand, right foot, and left foot disabilities as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for left-hand and right-hand disabilities based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded them for a VA examination to determine their etiology.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased 60 percent rating for the Veteran's left-hand disability and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of the left hand, effective July 17, 2015.
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