The Board finds that the Veteran's left fourth finger disability is not related to his active service and therefore denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA verified that there was no INACDUTRA or ACDUTRA during the period of injury, making it unlikely that the Veteran was on temporary duty when he injured his finger in October 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- left fourth finger disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1728712
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