The Veteran's CTS and asthma are granted as service connected. The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise for CTS, but did not address Asthma.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s current bilateral CTS disability was incurred in or related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196610
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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.
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