The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for his service-connected left middle finger disorder and for service connection for dental trauma.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support granting a compensable evaluation or establishing service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left middle finger disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0109110
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The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of his service connection claims, including those related to hypertension, bilateral glaucoma, left ear disorder (residuals of left eardrum rupture), and a left middle finger disorder.
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