The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence supports readjudication of the claims for CTS of the right upper extremity, left upper extremity, right ankle disorder, and lumbar spine disorder.,Service connection is granted for CTS of the right upper extremity, CTS of the left upper extremity, right ankle disorder, and secondary service connection for a lumbar spine disorder due to a right ankle disorder.
The deciding factor: The new evidence includes private opinions that support the Veteran's claim that his bilateral CTS is related to service. The examiner opined it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's bilateral CTS resulted in pain and loss of function, and was a direct result of his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- CTS of the right upper extremity, CTS of the left upper extremity, Right ankle disorder, Lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26035523
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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.
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