The Board has granted service connection for left and right carpal tunnel disorders, finding that they are related to the Veteran's active service due to aggravation by his service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's current carpal tunnel diagnoses were a result of using a walker for his service-connected back and neck disabilities, which aggravated his pre-existing carpal tunnel conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left carpal tunnel, right carpal tunnel
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148470
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Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals of the deferred issues regarding entitlement to compensation for various conditions, including dry eye syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), left carpal tunnel, a left knee disability, a back disability, pseudofolliculitis barbae, right carpal tunnel, and a right knee disability. The evidence did not support the presence of these conditions at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claims.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including headaches, BCC, carpal tunnel, CFS, fibromyalgia, right ear hearing loss, lipoma, OSA, thoracic pain, neck pain, and peripheral neuropathy in the left and right lower extremities, as there was no medical evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for left carpal tunnel and a 30 percent disability rating for right carpal tunnel, as the Veteran's conditions resulted in moderate incomplete paralysis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right carpal tunnel but denied it for left carpal tunnel.
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