The Board has determined that the veteran's arthritis of the hands and arms are not related to service, including a wrist injury in service. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing an in-service injury or disease of the hands or arms, and the current conditions are more likely due to long years of manual labor rather than service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the hands, Arthritis of the arms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2005
- Citation
- 0505611
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