The Board has granted service connection for ganglion cysts of both the right and left wrists, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's statements about observing nodules on his wrists during service align with a private physician's statement that they were chronic cysts associated with overuse.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst, right wrist, ganglion cyst, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26036273
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an initial rating of 10 percent for a left wrist scar, while denying higher ratings for ganglion cyst and bilateral hearing loss.
- Granted
The Veteran's ganglion cyst, left wrist, was incurred during a period of INACDUTRA in December 2010. The Board has granted service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board has denied a compensable evaluation for ganglion cyst of the right wrist, finding that there is no evidence of painful motion or other functional loss.
- Granted
The Veteran's left wrist ganglion cyst was incurred in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
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