The Board has denied a compensable evaluation for ganglion cyst of the right wrist, finding that there is no evidence of painful motion or other functional loss.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not demonstrate painful motion in relation to the Veteran's ganglion cyst, right wrist, and the VA examiner found full range of motion with no signs of painful motion.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst, right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24065205
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Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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