The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for osteoarthritis of the right hand and service connection for a left shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported granting service connection based on symptoms having onset during deployment to Southwest Asia, and resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. For the right hand, a separate 10 percent rating was granted under Diagnostic Code 5003 due to X-ray findings of mild joint osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the right hand, Left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110915
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