The Board denied service connection for a left wrist disability and erectile dysfunction, finding no evidence of current disabilities or a causal relationship to service-connected conditions.,Specifically, the Veteran's left wrist degenerative joint disease was not found to be proximately due to his service-connected right wrist condition. His erectile dysfunction was also not found to be caused by medications for his service-connected migraines and other conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a current diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome or erectile dysfunction, nor could it establish a causal relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his service-connected right wrist condition or prescribed medications.
- Claimed conditions
- Left wrist degenerative joint disease, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1747631
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