The Board found that the veteran's left wrist and left elbow disorders were not caused by, or permanently worsened by, his service-connected left foot disorder.
The deciding factor: The fall was not related to the service-connected left foot condition and there is no evidence of chronic disability resulting from such a fall.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Wrist Disorder, Left Elbow Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0030693
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What this means for you
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