The evidence does not support the claim that the Veteran's current left wrist disorder is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of a left wrist injury or condition during service, and the VA examiner opined that any current left wrist disorder is less likely as not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Wrist Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1329891
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- Granted
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