The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder and for an increased rating for residuals of a fracture, 5th metacarpal, right hand. The Board found no medical evidence linking the current back disorder to service and concluded that the functional impairment in the right hand was due to median nerve entrapment rather than the old fracture.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there is no medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current low back disorder and any injury or disease suffered during his military service. The Board also found that the veteran's right hand disability, while noted in VA records, was not due to the 1971 fracture but rather to median nerve entrapment.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disorder, Fracture of the 5th metacarpal, right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0029700
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