The Board granted service connection for a right middle finger condition, a lump on the right shoulder, and a low back condition based on evidence of in-service injuries and current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the Veteran's claimed conditions and their active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back condition, claimed as back problems (lower) sharp pains, lump on the right shoulder, right middle finger condition, claimed as old chip fracture right middle finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25007065
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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