The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a diagnosed neurological disability, and therefore, service connection for her claimed left wrist disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: No evidence of a current neurological disability was found despite extensive testing and examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist numbness, left hand weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1708131
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