The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral wrist and hand disability was incurred during his service in Iraq, granting his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current bilateral wrist and hand disability was incurred in or caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist and hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2026
- Citation
- A26037051
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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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