The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosed elbow disorder, and thus service connection for an elbow disorder cannot be granted. The wrist disorders are not found to have been caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no identified elbow disorder with a nexus to service, and the examiner did not find any current wrist disorder that was proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- elbow disorder, wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1341865
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