The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of a right foot disorder, right shoulder disorder, or left wrist disorder. The claims for service connection for these conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of current diagnoses of the claimed disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Disorder, Right Shoulder Disorder, Left Wrist Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1022875
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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