The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, finding that it is related to complaints of left wrist pain during military service.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician provided multiple positive nexus opinions linking the current LUE CTS to in-service left wrist pain, with the third opinion being based on incorrect factual premises and thus afforded less probative value than previous ones.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity (LUE) carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), left wrist pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23053123
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What this means for you
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to errors in duty to assist and need for additional medical opinions. The Veteran's pre-existing conditions are being evaluated, as is his current symptoms.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions have been remanded due to the submission of new evidence after a prior denial. The Board finds that VA examinations and medical opinions are necessary to properly determine entitlement to service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeals for service connection for right and left wrist pain as the NODs were untimely filed, more than one year after the August 2024 rating decision denying these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's hypertension and left wrist sprain were denied increased ratings. The hypertension was rated at 10% prior to March 2, 2023, and the left wrist sprain remains at a 10% rating.
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