The Board denied service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, and granted a 10% disability rating for residuals of a pilonidal cyst.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence linking the current disabilities to service or any other incident.
- Claimed conditions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0211692
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What this means for you
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