Your claims for service connection have been granted, and you are now receiving a 10% rating for each of the conditions. The appeals are dismissed as they no longer identify specific determinations with which you disagree.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were fully granted in an August 2020 decision, including service connection and compensable ratings for wrist carpel tunnel syndrome and hand osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist carpel tunnel syndrome, right wrist carpel tunnel syndrome, left hand osteoarthritis, right hand osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21066465
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 21066465.
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left hand and right hand osteoarthritis, finding that these conditions resulted from the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including back pain and arthritis of the neck, left foot, right foot, left hand, right hand, and right shoulder. The Veteran's testimony regarding in-service injuries was inconsistent with the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including incomplete medical opinions and failure to obtain relevant records such as ROTC personnel records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to adjudicate the Veteran's motion for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a 2009 rating decision, as well as service connection for right wrist carpel tunnel syndrome.
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