The Board has determined that the veteran's right elbow condition was not caused by his active military service or a service-connected right wrist disability, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any in-service injury or disease related to the current right elbow condition, nor could it be linked to a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- epicondylitis of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0618682
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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