The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of bilateral wrist conditions as there is no current diagnosis related to his wrists and no evidence of functional impairment in earning capacity.
The deciding factor: There was no current diagnosis related to the Veteran’s bilateral wrists, and no showing of resulting functional impairment in earning capacity.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2020
- Citation
- A20018095
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