The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right thumb disability is related to her service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a relationship between the Veteran's in-service repetitive administrative and technical duties and her current right thumb arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right thumb arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031597
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board restored the 30% rating for bilateral hearing loss from January 13, 2025, and denied increased ratings for right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, right thumb arthritis, right index finger arthritis, and erectile dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all service connection claims for further development and to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cervical and thoracolumbar spine conditions with associated radiculopathies, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies, tinnitus, right elbow lateral epicondylitis, right Achilles tendonitis, left and right lower extremity varicose veins, right thumb arthritis, right ear hearing loss, hemangioma of the left scalp, left thigh meralgia paresthetica, right foot metatarsophalangeal arthritis, and right foot scar, are found to be sufficiently severe to render him unable to maintain any form of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational background. As such, a TDIU is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran is entitled to a separate 10 percent rating for right thumb arthritis as a residual of his service-connected right wrist fracture. However, further examination is needed to determine if he is eligible for a higher rating.
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