The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a laceration of the right middle finger due to lack of current disability and insufficient medical nexus opinions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a current residual disability, and there was no medical nexus between the in-service injury and any current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- healed laceration of the right middle finger, early Dupuytren's disease of the right hand, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628811
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