The Board has granted service connection for a right ring finger lump and denied service connection for chest pain. The Veteran's right ring finger lump is found to have its onset in service, while there is no evidence of a current disability manifested by chest pain.
The deciding factor: There was medical evidence showing the Veteran had a right ring finger lump during service and continued complaints of such since then. However, there was no objective evidence of a current disability for chest pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ring Finger Lump, Chest Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1428887
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