The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left hand injury, finding that there is no medical evidence linking his current disability to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's current arthritis was not likely related to his in-service left hand injury and described it as naturally occurring.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand injury, arthritis of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0612861
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- Remanded (sent back)
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