The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a hand disability due to disease or injury which was incurred in or aggravated by service, and arthritis of the hands is not presumed to be related to service. The veteran also does not have carpal tunnel syndrome due to disease or injury which was incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show any complaints, treatment, diagnosis, or pertinent abnormalities referable to any pain, loss of sensation, peripheral neuropathy, arthritis, or CTS during service. The veteran's current symptoms are not related to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the hands, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0616249
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