The Board found that CTS of the right wrist was not incurred or aggravated in active service and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA compensation examination indicated no link between the Veteran's current CTS and his military service, thus failing to meet the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- CTS of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1303448
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