The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral wrist disorders were not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied both his claim for service connection and his TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence linked the Veteran's current bilateral wrist diagnoses to any incident of service, and no professional opinion supported a causal connection between service and his disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1047326
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral wrist disorders, including carpal tunnel syndrome and carpal laxity, began in service and have continued after service. The decision grants service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a headache disorder, including as secondary to service-connected tinnitus. The Veteran's headaches have been confirmed and are considered a current disability.,However, there is no evidence of a bilateral wrist disorder at any time since the filing of her claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral wrist, elbow, and thumb disorders, as well as a left shoulder disorder, were denied. The claim for residuals of a fracture of the right ring finger was also denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no current disability of the veteran's wrists and concluded that her wrist pain is not related to service, thus denying her claim for service connection.
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