The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability of the right wrist due to VA treatment is denied.,The Veteran's claim for a TDIU, including extraschedular consideration, is denied as a matter of law because he does not have any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that VA failed to diagnose and/or treat the Veteran's right wrist condition in a timely manner.,The Veteran does not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU as he is not service connected for any disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2024
- Citation
- 24002501
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Decisions by this judge: 132 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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