The Veteran's chronic right wrist sprain is granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected right hand disability.,For the period prior to September 29, 2021, a rating in excess of 20 percent for post-operative residuals of benign tumor removal, right hand, is denied.,A 70 percent rating for post-operative residuals of benign tumor removal, right hand, from September 29, 2021 to December 15, 2022, is granted.,For the period after December 16, 2022, a rating in excess of 70 percent for post-operative residuals of benign tumor removal, right hand, is denied.,Service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome and a right knee disability are remanded.,Service connection for a low back disability secondary to PTSD is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic right wrist sprain was found to be caused by his service-connected right hand disability, which supports granting service connection on a secondary basis. The evidence did not support finding that the Veteran had worse than mild incomplete paralysis of the lower radicular group during the period prior to September 29, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right wrist sprain, post-operative residuals of benign tumor removal, right hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23065861
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