The Board found that a bilateral elbow disorder was not incurred or aggravated by active service, nor is it proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by a service-connected bilateral wrist disability.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a direct link between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current bilateral elbow disorder. The Board also found that any current bilateral elbow disorder is not secondary to his service-connected bilateral wrist disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral elbow disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1738484
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