The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left little finger arthritis and left wrist/hand disabilities are not related to service, and therefore denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's current left little finger arthritis and left wrist/hand disabilities are less likely than not related to service due to lack of objective findings in service records and a normal aging process rather than well-healed superficial lacerations incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left little finger arthritis, left wrist and hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1456599
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- Remanded (sent back)
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