The Board has granted service connection for right hand arthritis, but denied service connection for a lower back disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a chronic disease during or within one year after service that was related to the in-service injury. The examiner found no link between the current back disorders and service.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand arthritis, lower back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005575
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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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