The Veteran's heart palpitations/heart murmur and bilateral wrist disorder are granted service connection. Headaches, tooth/dental disorder, and bilateral knee disorder remain unresolved.,Service connection for bilateral wrist disorder is denied due to lack of in-service injury or disease. Service connection for headaches, tooth/dental disorder, and bilateral knee disorder remains pending.,The Veteran's headaches are remanded as the VA examination did not provide an opinion on their etiology. The service connection for tooth/dental disorder and bilateral knee disorder also need further evaluation.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted for heart palpitations/heart murmur due to current diagnosis and in-service history.,Service connection denied as the evidence does not support a finding of an in-service injury or disease related to the wrist condition. The Veteran's statements regarding onset are inconsistent with other evidence.,The VA examination did not provide an opinion on the etiology of the headaches, which is required by previous Board remand.
- Claimed conditions
- heart palpitations/heart murmur, bilateral wrist disorder, headaches (to include as secondary to bilateral hearing loss), tooth/dental disorder, bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20060236
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