The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cubital tunnel syndrome, finding that his service-connected residuals of shell fragment wounds did not cause or aggravate this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no relationship between the veteran's service-connected shrapnel wounds and his developing cubital tunnel syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- cubital tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2004
- Citation
- 0408516
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