The Board denied service connection for a left wrist injury with carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as a compensable disability rating for postoperative residuals of a ganglion cyst. The claim was reopened based on new evidence received since the April 1993 decision.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the current left wrist condition to service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist injury with carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0715101
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for De Quervain's disease of the wrists and bilateral CTS, finding that there was no evidence of ankylosis or more severe impairment at any point during the period under review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new examinations are required to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected De Quervain's disease of the bilateral wrists and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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