The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hand and finger disabilities, as well as his bilateral wrist disability. The Board found that there was no evidence of a disease or injury in service or within one year post-service that led to these current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide credible evidence of continuity of symptomatology since service, and the objective medical evidence showed no hand, finger, or wrist problems until many years after service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hand Disability, Bilateral Wrist Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2012
- Citation
- 1208776
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