The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been reopened and granted.,Service connection for right traumatic ulnar neuropathy is granted as secondary to a service-connected disability.,Service connection for a right hand disorder, including degenerative arthritis, and a right shoulder disorder, including SLAP tear and degenerative arthritis, are denied as not related to the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.,The right traumatic ulnar neuropathy is found to be caused by a fall resulting from his service-connected peripheral neuropathy, which qualifies as secondary service connection.,There is no evidence linking the current diagnoses of right hand and shoulder disorders to the 2014 fall or any other service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Right traumatic ulnar neuropathy, Right hand degenerative arthritis, Right shoulder labral tear (SLAP), Right shoulder degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20065267
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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