The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 12, 2013, for the award of service connection for left wrist s/p open wafer, TFCC repair and shaved ulna with traumatic arthritis.
The deciding factor: The September 2014 VA Form 21-4138, when liberally construed, constitutes a notice of disagreement as to the September 2014 rating decision's denial of entitlement to service connection for a left wrist disability because it states that it was meant to support an appeal and because it specifically identified that disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist s/p open wafer, TFCC repair and shaved ulna with traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25013607
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