The Board found no evidence of a current disability and denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hand pain, including popping sensation in knuckles.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any diagnosed disorder causing the popping sensation in the veteran's knuckles or indicate that there was any disability present.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand pain, popping sensation in knuckles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0832235
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