Granted
The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date of July 27, 2016, for the award of service connection for osteoarthritis of the right and left thumbs are granted.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran by finding a current diagnosis at the time he filed his claim on July 27, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right thumb, osteoarthritis of the left thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020141
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