The Board denied service connection for left and right hand disabilities due to lack of evidence showing current or chronic conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records did not show a clinical diagnosis of a hand disability, and there was no objective medical evidence of functional impairment caused by pain.
- Claimed conditions
- left-hand disability, right-hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19187265
What this means for you
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