The Board has granted service connection for a right wrist disability, but denied service connection for a back disability.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records showed multiple instances of right wrist sprain and tendonitis during service. The VA examiner provided an opinion that the current right wrist disabilities are etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist dorsal syndrome, DeQuervain's Syndrome, chronic sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1736737
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What this means for you
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