The VA Board found that the veteran's disabilities of the right elbow, wrist, and hand were not incurred in or aggravated by service and are not proximately due to his service-connected capsulitis, right shoulder, status post surgery.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the veteran's disabilities of the right elbow, wrist, and hand are related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow, Wrist, Hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0739248
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
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