The Veteran's right-hand disability is found to be related to service, and the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the current right upper extremity ulnar neuropathy is due to a right hand injury sustained during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20067250
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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