The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right wrist condition is dismissed. The claim for an increased rating for right ankle fracture residuals remains on appeal as the maximum schedular rating has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was granted service connection for his right wrist fusion status post-fracture, and the right ankle fracture residuals are currently rated at 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist condition, Right ankle fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24021333
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for both the right and left wrist conditions, finding that there is sufficient evidence to support the Veteran's claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a supplemental opinion considering the ameliorative effects of medication on his right ankle fracture residuals.
- Granted
The Veteran's temporary total rating for convalescence following his February 2020 ulnar nerve surgery is granted due to the need for at least one month of post-operative convalescence.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right wrist condition as secondary to his service-connected left wrist condition, finding that there is at least as likely as not that the right wrist condition is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left wrist condition.
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