The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for left hand and bilateral shoulder disabilities, finding no evidence of such conditions in service or within one year post-service. The VA examiner did not find a relationship between these conditions and any service-connected right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that the veteran's current left hand strain and arthritis of the shoulders are related to his period of active duty, including any inservice injury or exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand strain, arthritis of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0209504
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left hand strain, finding that the Veteran's symptoms and medical evidence did not support an increased rating.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right hand strain, as well as left and right knee disabilities. The decision is based on the Veteran's military occupational specialty tasks that led to his current conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left hand injury, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to an in-service burn injury. The claim was denied previously due to a duty to assist error and then reconsidered based on new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for headaches, left hand strain, and right-hand strain due to inadequate VA opinions.
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