The Board determined that the Veteran's bilateral hand and abdominal disabilities were not incurred or aggravated during his period of active service, and denied both claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a current disability related to the in-service exposure and concluded that the conditions are less likely than not caused by the claimed in-service injury, event, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand disability, abdominal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1321811
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