The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for right wrist condition, right hand loss of strength, left wrist condition, and left hand loss of strength due to new evidence submitted since the October 2019 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The new evidence includes private medical records and lay statements that tend to prove or disprove a matter at issue in the claims on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist condition, Right hand loss of strength, Left wrist condition, Left hand loss of strength
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2023
- Citation
- A23028049
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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 both the right and left wrist conditions, finding that there is sufficient evidence to support the Veteran's claims.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's temporary total rating for convalescence following his February 2020 ulnar nerve surgery is granted due to the need for at least one month of post-operative convalescence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right wrist condition as secondary to his service-connected left wrist condition, finding that there is at least as likely as not that the right wrist condition is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left wrist condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right wrist condition and for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The evidence did not support the Veteran's assertions of current disabilities or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
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