The Veteran's appeal to reopen service connection for residuals of a left distal radius fracture is granted. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left distal radius fracture with arthritis.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for reopening service connection for residuals of a left distal radius fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left distal radius fracture, arthritis in the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162431
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