The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hand disorder is denied as there is no current diagnosis of the condition and the evidence does not establish continuity of symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of a right hand disorder, and the evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1003957
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