The Board found that the veteran's right hand and wrist disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and arthritis of the right hand may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board also denied the reduction of the rating for coronary artery disease with hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the current right hand and wrist disability was related to service or any incident thereof.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hand and Wrist Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0526272
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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