The Veteran's claim for service connection for right upper extremity nerve damage, as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a left inguinal herniorrhaphy, is denied because he does not have a current disability related to such.
The deciding factor: There is no indication that the Veteran has a current right upper extremity nerve damage disability during the pendency of his claim and there is no recent diagnosis prior to filing the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19177542
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- Dismissed
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