The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a left elbow disability, finding that there was no evidence of such condition during or within one year after service and concluding that any current left elbow disability is not related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the claimed conditions were less likely than not incurred in or caused by service due to lack of medical records supporting a nexus between service and the current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Elbow Disability, Left Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, Left Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18136031
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