The Board denied an effective date earlier than September 15, 2021, for the assignment of a 10 percent increased disability rating for the service-connected left wrist ganglion cyst.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show an increase in the left wrist ganglion cyst disability in the year prior to submission of the December 7, 2020, Intent to File form, and the earliest date entitlement arose was January 12, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist ganglion cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24066465
What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than September 15, 2021, for the assignment of a 10 percent increased disability rating for the service-connected left wrist ganglion cyst.
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