The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's right hand disorder to his active service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical records did not show any injury or condition related to the right hand during service, and a VA examiner concluded that the current right hand disorder was not caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0308450
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