The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left wrist fracture. The reopened claim is addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision below.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted by the veteran, including a photograph showing him in military uniform with a cast on his left forearm, wrist, thumb, index, and middle fingers, which he testified indicated a fracture during service. The VA examiner's opinion concluded that the current osteoarthritis of the distal interphalangeal joints is unlikely related to any inservice injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left wrist fracture
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2005
- Citation
- 0504447
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