The Veteran's left wrist ganglion cyst was incurred in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had a qualifying in-service disease or injury (left wrist pain) and established a nexus between his current disability (left wrist ganglion cyst) and his in-service disease or injury, considering all evidence of record including the lack of documentation prior to 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24052416
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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.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for ganglion cysts of both the right and left wrists, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active military service.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's ganglion cyst, left wrist, was incurred during a period of INACDUTRA in December 2010. The Board has granted service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the previously denied claims of service connection for various conditions, including back condition, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, right ankle condition, ganglion cyst, GI condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder. The appeals are granted to this extent.
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