The Board has determined that the veteran's current diagnoses of degenerative joint disease of the right thumb and residuals of a bilateral hand injury are not related to his active service. The evidence does not show any in-service injury or incident resulting in these conditions, and there is no medical opinion linking them to service.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence fails to establish a nexus between the veteran's current disabilities and his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right thumb, residuals of a bilateral hand injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2007
- Citation
- 0730120
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