The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a bilateral wrist disorder and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of a bilateral wrist disorder in the medical records provided by the Veteran or obtained by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2011
- Citation
- 1103002
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for several conditions were denied. The claim for gastroesophageal reflux disease was remanded.
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