The Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis, bilateral feet and hands, left wrist and hand disabilities, fatigue, and radiculopathy/neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities are all denied as there is no current diagnosis or evidence of a chronic disability in any of these areas.,Service connection was not granted due to lack of medical evidence supporting the presence of arthritis, bilateral feet and hands, left wrist and hand disabilities, fatigue, and radiculopathy/neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have current diagnoses or evidence of chronic disabilities in any of these areas. The VA examinations did not find any current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, bilateral feet, arthritis, bilateral hands (excluding right hand small avulsion fracture at the head of the fifth metacarpal), left wrist disability, left hand disability, left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19180052
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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