The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left wrist fracture, finding that there was no satisfactory evidence of an in-service injury and no indication of a possible relationship between the current disability and any event in service. The effective date issue regarding prostate cancer is not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's statements concerning his alleged in-service left wrist fracture were inconsistent, particularly given his denial of other injuries on his February 1969 Report of Medical History.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Wrist Fracture, Post-Traumatic Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1434434
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