The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to the veteran's service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no chronic disability resulting from an in-service injury, as evidenced by the lack of any diagnosed condition on examination and post-service medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right middle finger injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0218238
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to schedule a Travel Board hearing for the Veteran. The Veteran's appeal is now pending and will be scheduled for a hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a request for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of right middle finger injury on an extraschedular basis, finding that the disability does not result in frequent or excessive hospitalizations, prevent gainful employment, or otherwise cause extraordinary impairment.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's right middle finger injury residuals, finding that the evidence supports a link between his in-service injury and current symptoms.
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