The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left arm disorder, residuals of a fracture of the right thumb with claimed arthritis, and whether new and material evidence was submitted to reopen his claim for service connection for a right arm disorder.
The deciding factor: The RO determined that there was no evidence linking the veteran's disabilities to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm disorder, right thumb fracture with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0103992
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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