The Board has granted the veteran's claim for secondary service connection for a disability of the right arm and hand, finding that it is related to his service-connected left arm amputation.
The deciding factor: The examiner determined that the veteran's current right arm and hand disorder is at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected left arm amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm and hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0109443
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What this means for you
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