The Board has determined that service connection for bilateral wrist sprain is warranted as the Veteran's current disability is due to in-service disease or injury.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a finding of a current disability (bilateral wrist strain) that is related to an in-service event (injury during service).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0918397
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