The Board granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand based on new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: The private opinion from February 2022 established a positive nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his military service, leading to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25049218
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right hand carpal tunnel syndrome, denied an increased rating for insomnia, and granted restoration of the 50 percent rating for bilateral plantar fasciitis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine disorder, migraine headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand, carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand, right leg radiculopathy, and left leg radiculopathy. Service connection is denied for right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right foot disorder, and left foot disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and a higher rating for low back disability is denied.,Service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand and right hand, as well as a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss are also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand and intervertebral disc syndrome with cervical spine degenerative disc disease (claimed as chronic neck pain) due to a lack of adequate medical opinions regarding whether these conditions were aggravated by service.
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