The Board has granted an extraschedular TDIU due to service-connected left wrist disorder and left upper extremity muscle atrophy from November 1, 2014. The decision resolves any doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's employment between September 4, 2012 and October 31, 2014 was not marginal employment due to his earnings exceeding the poverty threshold for one person as determined by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Board also noted that the Veteran had the physical and mental ability to perform the activities required by his occupation until he stopped working full time on November 1, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist disorder, left upper extremity muscle atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24032073
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left wrist disorder and its relationship to service, including his right hand fracture.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left wrist disorders due to a duty to assist error in failing to provide notice of a hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for tinnitus, low back disorder, right wrist disorder, left wrist disorder, and bilateral hearing loss due to incomplete or inaccurate factual premises in previous opinions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all issues of service connection due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
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