Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome and denied increased ratings for left and right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome prior to March 6, 2023. However, it granted a 50 percent rating but no higher for the right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome since March 6, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an earlier effective date or support increased ratings prior to March 6, 2023, but did support a 50 percent rating for the right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome since that date due to severe incomplete paralysis of the median nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010835
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