The Veteran's service connection for left hand arthritis and the earlier effective date of his service connection for a left elbow scar are granted. The Veteran is also assigned an initial 10 percent rating for his service-connected left elbow scar.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had continuous symptoms of arthritis since service separation, meeting the criteria for service connection under continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand arthritis, left elbow scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23059096
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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