The Board granted service connection for a right hand disorder, finding it to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected left foot drop due to stroke associated with hypertension.
The deciding factor: The private physician's medical opinion provided evidence that the Veteran's right hand disorder was at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected left foot drop.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025673
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an incomplete search of the Veteran's service records and a failure to verify reported in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.
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