The Board has granted service connection for left and right hamstring strains, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected knee and lumbar spine disabilities.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions supported a link between the Veteran's service connected conditions (right and left knee conditions) and his bilateral hamstring strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Left hamstring strain, Right hamstring strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22012341
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right hamstring strain and remanded the issue of an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for left hamstring strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for increased compensation for his service connected right hamstring strain disability was partially granted, with a compensable rating denied prior to March 27, 2023 and a rating in excess of 10 percent denied from that date. The Board also remanded the matter of service connection for a right shoulder disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for his left and right hamstring strains, as well as service connection for a left wrist disorder, were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher schedular ratings for the hamstrings or establish a current diagnosis of a left wrist disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his left hamstring strain, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of the currently assigned noncompensable ratings.
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