The Board found that the veteran does not have a chronic bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome of service origin and denied his claim for service connection. For his lumbosacral strain with narrowed disc space at L-5/S-1, the Board concluded that there is sufficient evidence to grant a 60% evaluation based on severe symptoms.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome were not documented during service and no residuals were noted. For his lumbosacral strain with narrowed disc space at L-5/S-1, the Board found that there is sufficient evidence to support a 60% evaluation based on severe symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, Lumbosacral strain with narrowed disc space at L-5/S-1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0532994
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