The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hand strain is granted. The remaining claims for initial ratings on asthma, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, GERD, rosacea, allergic rhinitis, and external hemorrhoids are not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show complaints of painful hands during service, which were diagnosed as osteoarthritis. The Veteran's ongoing symptoms post-service support the grant of service connection for bilateral hand strain.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2014
- Citation
- 1410677
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