The Board has determined that the Veteran's left shoulder arthritis is service-connected, but his bilateral hand disability was not incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The January 2011 VA examiner opined that it would be speculative to determine if the current bilateral hand disability was related to service due to lack of evidence supporting a boxing injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Arthritis, Bilateral Hand Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2012
- Citation
- 1221382
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- Granted
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