The veteran does not have any current diagnosed disabilities of the wrists, knees, or lumbar spine. The Board finds that service connection for these conditions cannot be granted as there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: There are no diagnosed disabilities found in the medical records supporting the veteran's claims for service connection for disorders of the wrists, knees, and lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- disorder of the wrists, disorder of the knees, disorder of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0202431
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What this means for you
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