The Board found that the veteran's right hand disability is not causally related to his service or his service-connected right shoulder disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the veteran's current right hand disability to his active service or his service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand disorder, Right shoulder impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0126619
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What this means for you
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