The Board has granted service connection for dermatitis of the upper arms and bilateral wrist strain, but denied service connection for a hand disorder. The Veteran's skin and wrist disorders are found to have had their onset in active service.,Service connection is granted for dermatitis of the upper arms and bilateral wrist strain.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has had symptoms of these conditions since his military service, which supports a finding of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Dermatitis of the upper arms, Bilateral wrist strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1622257
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