The Board found no evidence of a chronic right elbow or left wrist disability incurred in service, and denied the veteran's claims for service connection as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a laceration injury to Muscle Group VIII of the right (major) upper extremity with ulnar nerve palsy.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no clinical evidence of an actual, functional musculoskeletal or neurological disability of the veteran's right elbow or left wrist.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Pain, Left Wrist Pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0322378
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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