The Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the left wrist is related to an injury in service, and his right wrist disabilities are not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner provided a nexus opinion linking the Veteran's current left wrist disability to an injury sustained during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Wrist, Bilateral Tendinitis/Previous Right Wrist Tenosynovitis, Left Wrist Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1323456
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- Remanded (sent back)
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