The Veteran's left index finger fracture residuals and recurrent ingrown toenail are granted a 10% evaluation. The previously denied claims for service connection are reopened.
The deciding factor: New evidence was received to reopen the previously denied claims, allowing them to proceed.
- Claimed conditions
- left index finger fracture residuals, recurrent ingrown left great toenail
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22009619
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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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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right shoulder arthritis and left index finger fracture residuals, but remanded the claims for an eye condition, a right ankle condition, bilateral knee conditions, and a low back condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested withdrawal of her appeal for service connection for recurrent ingrown left great toenail, and the Board dismissed the appeal as a result.
- Granted
The Board has granted the appellant's claims for increased ratings for ulnar neuropathy, left index finger fracture residuals, hemorrhoids, and a laceration of the left upper thigh. The disability ratings have been increased to 10 percent each.
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