Partly granted
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a non-painful scar of the left hand was granted with an effective date of March 30, 2020. The veteran's claims for readjudication of bilateral hearing loss and other conditions were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and relevant evidence had been received for the left hand strain/injury and traumatic amputation of the left thumb, warranting readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- painful scar of the left hand, non-painful scar of the left hand, bilateral hearing loss, left hand strain/injury (left hand condition), traumatic amputation above the interphalangeal joint of left thumb (left thumb condition), left shoulder condition, back condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25006051
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