The Board found that the veteran does not have a current bilateral wrist disability and denied his claim of service connection for a bilateral wrist condition.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current bilateral wrist disability, and there was no in-service injury or disease related to the wrists. The one-year presumption for arthritis did not apply as the veteran's hands were not found to have arthritis within this period.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0617948
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- Denied
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- Denied
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