The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hand and wrist disabilities are not related to his active duty service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a direct relationship between the Veteran's current hand and wrist conditions and his time in service. The Veteran did not report any specific injuries or incidents during service that could have caused his disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand and wrist disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1731775
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