The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current right wrist disability attributable to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any chronic right wrist condition during or within one year after service, and there was no objective medical evidence of such a condition until many years post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- broken right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0801097
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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