The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnoses of arthritis of the right wrist and thumb are not related to service, including his in-service injury. The criteria for service connection were not met.
The deciding factor: There was no chronic or continuous symptoms of right hand, wrist, or thumb disability, including arthritis, during or after service, and the VA examiner opined that current diagnoses are not etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Wrist Arthritis, Right Thumb Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1609479
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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