The Veteran's claims for chronic right middle finger, left hand, right hand, headache, lumbar spine, and right knee disorders have been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or link to service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing the presence of any diagnosed chronic conditions related to the Veteran's service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right middle finger disorder, chronic left hand disorder, chronic right hand disorder, chronic headache disorder, chronic lumbar spine disorder, chronic right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19183426
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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