The Board denied service connection for right wrist pain, left wrist pain, right hand arthralgia, and left hand arthralgia as there is no current disability manifested by these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any currently diagnosed disabilities related to the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist pain, left wrist pain, right hand arthralgia, left hand arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001311
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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