The Board granted service connection for left and right wrist tenosynovitis, and a rating of 20 percent from May 4, 2017, for right ankle impairment. Other issues were remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's wrist and ankle conditions began during service, and there is no significant evidence against these findings.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist tenosynovitis, right wrist tenosynovitis, right ankle impairment, back impairment, left lower extremity radiculopathy (secondary to back impairment), right lower extremity radiculopathy (secondary to back impairment), left knee impairment (secondary to right ankle impairment), right knee impairment, left elbow impairment (secondary to right ankle impairment), right elbow impairment, left upper extremity neuropathy other than left wrist tenosynovitis (secondary to right ankle impairment)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24002061
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an effective date prior to September 13, 2012, for the award of a separate compensable rating for left wrist tenosynovitis.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for several conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for chronic fatigue syndrome and a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis, but denied higher ratings for other conditions.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely submission of a notice of disagreement within one year of the May 2014 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral pes cavus, left wrist tenosynovitis, neck sprain with cervicalgia and cervical spondylosis, nasal turbinate hypertrophy, and seborrheic dermatitis, tinea pedis, and onychomycosis of the nails.
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