The Board found that the veteran's claim of service connection for a bilateral wrist disorder is not well grounded and denied it. The effective date request was also denied as there was no evidence submitted within one year of notification.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not provide sufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between his current bilateral wrist disorder and his period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0009053
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hip disorders due to a lack of current diagnoses in the medical records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an oral disability, claimed as gum disease, and remanded the claims for a bilateral wrist disorder and a bilateral elbow disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral wrist and bilateral elbow disorder as there is no current disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for several conditions were denied. The claim for gastroesophageal reflux disease was remanded.
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