The Board granted service connection for right and left wrist disabilities manifested by pain, but dismissed the appeal for service connection for GERD.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's right and left wrist disabilities were related to his active duty service. The reasonable doubt created by this relative equipoise in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the Veteran. For GERD, an effective date of March 21, 2024, was assigned due to a duty to assist error during Higher-Level Review.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist disability manifested by pain, left wrist disability manifested by pain, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108380
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