Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the service connection of degenerative arthritis in the right thumb, long finger, ring finger, and little finger.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date as the earliest entitlement arose on December 13, 2019, and the claim was received on April 29, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis, right thumb, Degenerative arthritis, right long finger, Degenerative arthritis, right ring finger, Degenerative arthritis, right little finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110186
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