The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a bilateral hand disability as a result of his active duty service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a link between the claimed bilateral hand disability and the Veteran's military service, including STRs showing no complaints or findings related to this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2013
- Citation
- 1330279
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