The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for conjunctivitis, arthritis of hands and thumbs, bilateral wrist disability (pain and popping), and bilateral foot disability (blisters and calluses). The left shoulder disability claim is also remanded.,Service connection was not granted as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions. The Board found that the appellant's claims for service connection are denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of current disabilities related to the claimed conditions, and the appellant did not provide sufficient credible evidence to establish such diagnoses.,There is no nexus between the appellant’s current diagnosed bilateral wrist strain and thumb strain and her service. The examiner found that there was no chronic condition documented in the records prior to August 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- conjunctivitis, arthritis of hands and thumbs, bilateral wrist disability (pain and popping), bilateral foot disability (blisters and calluses), left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19146867
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