The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current left hand and wrist arthritis to service, despite his assertions. The preponderance of the evidence is against the claim for service connection for a left hand disorder. For the postoperative scar on the left wrist, the RO granted service connection but assigned a noncompensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current left hand and wrist arthritis are not related to his military service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hand Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0606608
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