The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right wrist condition as secondary to his service-connected left wrist condition, finding that there is at least as likely as not that the right wrist condition is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left wrist condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion from the private chiropractor found it at least as likely as not that the Veteran's right wrist condition is secondary to his service-connected left wrist and left upper extremity, resolving doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2026
- Citation
- A26017987
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for both the right and left wrist conditions, finding that there is sufficient evidence to support the Veteran's claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's temporary total rating for convalescence following his February 2020 ulnar nerve surgery is granted due to the need for at least one month of post-operative convalescence.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right wrist condition and for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The evidence did not support the Veteran's assertions of current disabilities or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options, as the Higher-Level Review requests were still pending and not withdrawn at the time the VA Form 10182 was submitted.
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