The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various thumb conditions and scars, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right and left thumbs and associated scars did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on the range of motion, pain, and functional loss observed during examination.
- Claimed conditions
- right gamekeeper's thumb, right hand status post fifth metacarpal fracture, left thumb strain status post-surgical repair with painful motion (left thumb disability), left thumb/hand extensor scar, painful left thumb scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050639
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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