The Board has determined that there is no competent evidence of current left wrist, left hand, or right hand disabilities. Therefore, the veteran's claims for service connection for these disabilities are denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of a current disability in any of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist pain, left hand pain, right hand pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0825303
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