The Board granted service connection for a chronic right wrist sprain, finding that the condition was incurred in or caused by an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion supported the link between the Veteran's current right wrist sprain and the in-service injury sustained while playing football.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right wrist sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25032490
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 124 · Granted: 45% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection of right knee tendinitis, left knee tendinitis, and chronic right wrist sprain have been granted.,New evidence submitted by the Veteran has led to a readjudication of his previously denied claims.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic right wrist sprain, lumbosacral strain, a right knee disorder (right knee strain, meniscal tear, chondromalacia, and posterosuperior marginal patellar spur), left lower extremity shin splints, and right lower extremity shin splints. These conditions are considered to be directly related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right wrist disability is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, left shoulder bicipital tendon tear, hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction, and left carpal tunnel syndrome. The claims for increased ratings for lumbar spondylosis with facet arthropathy and lumbosacral strain, right hip strain with osteoarthritis, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, left and right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (to include iliotibial band syndrome), and chronic right wrist sprain were denied. The Board also granted an effective date of July 7, 2023 for the award of increased ratings.
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