The Board found no evidence of a right elbow, shoulder, or hand disability that was incurred in or aggravated by service and not related to the veteran's service-connected right wrist disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any distinct, diagnosed disabilities of the right elbow, shoulder, or hand. The examiner concluded that these conditions were secondary to the veteran's service-connected right wrist disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow arthritis, right shoulder arthritis, right hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0004564
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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