The Board found that the Veteran's right hand injury did not occur during service and there is no evidence of old fracture or current disability. The claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence to support the Veteran's account of a right hand injury in service, and no current evidence of an old fracture or current disability related to that injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1022964
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the case remanded for further development and readjudication, including obtaining additional medical records and arranging for a VA examination to assess the severity of the veteran's right hand condition.
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