The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's service for his left elbow and bilateral hand, wrist, shoulder, and ankle conditions. The right elbow strain was granted as service connected.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence supporting a relationship between the Veteran's current left elbow and bilateral hand, wrist, shoulder, and ankle conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow strain, Bilateral hand, wrist, shoulder, and ankle conditions (claimed as joint pain and osteoarthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1017974
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