This decision grants a rating of 10% for left thumb disability, left index finger disability, and right knee instability from July 19, 2011. It denies ratings in excess of 10% for the left-hand long finger disability, left thumb disability, left index finger disability, left knee painful limitation of motion, right knee painful limitation of motion, and left Achilles tendon with myofascial pain gastroc/soleus muscle group over the entire appeal period. The decision also grants a TDIU from March 1, 2011.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- left-hand cyst (long finger involvement), left thumb disability, left index finger disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054879
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantial gainful employment, leading to a grant of TDIU.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantial gainful employment, leading to a grant of TDIU.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of a 10% rating for left index finger disability since July 12, 2016 is dismissed because the initial decision was not an 'initial decision' under the AMA and proper procedures were not followed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for chronic dry eye, chronic fatigue syndrome, constipation, IBS, left little finger disability, left index finger disability, left thumb disability, left ring finger disability, left long finger disability, right ring finger disability, right index finger disability, right long finger disability, and right thumb disability due to an error in the initial decision. The Veteran was not provided with notice of her right to a hearing on these issues.
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