The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of a left elbow disability and an increased evaluation for his left ulnar nerve injury, finding that there is no evidence to support a secondary relationship between these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a causal link between the Veteran’s current left elbow condition and his service-connected left ulnar nerve injury or any other in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- Left elbow epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175898
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