The Veteran's bilateral wrist disabilities (right and left) were characterized by pain with motion prior to September 17, 2020. The Board granted initial 10% disability ratings for each wrist.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated painful motion in the wrists during the period on appeal, which is sufficient to warrant a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 5024 (for tenosynovitis) and combined with other joints as per Diagnostic Code 5003.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist tenosynovitis, left wrist tenosynovitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22019509
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right wrist tenosynovitis, finding that the Veteran's current conditions were caused by her military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an effective date prior to September 13, 2012, for the award of a separate compensable rating for left wrist tenosynovitis.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for several conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for chronic fatigue syndrome and a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis, but denied higher ratings for other conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely submission of a notice of disagreement within one year of the May 2014 rating decision.
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