The Board granted service connection for right and left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, finding that the conditions manifested to a compensable degree within one year of the Veteran's final day of active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met all elements of service connection, including a current disability, in-service onset, and a nexus between the condition and military service due to it being an organic disease of the nervous system that manifested within the presumptive period.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand carpal tunnel syndrome, left hand carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25031086
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an evaluation greater than 20 percent for right hand carpal tunnel syndrome, as the evidence did not show severe incomplete paralysis of the median nerve.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an increased evaluation for right hand carpal tunnel syndrome is dismissed due to administrative error and the need to proceed in the legacy appeal system.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for timely filing of a Board Appeal request and dismissed the attempted appeals.
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