The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his active duty service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find a link between the veteran's service-connected traumatic arthritis of the cervical spine and his current diagnosis of bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0733352
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right wrist disability is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome and denied service connection for prostate cancer.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for back pain, bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, and a sleeping disorder has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the VA examinations did not substantially comply with the remand directives and have ordered additional development for both the bilateral wrist carpal tunnel syndrome claim and the prostate cancer claim.
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