The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hand/wrist disability is not related to his time in service, including aggravation of a pre-existing injury. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of treatment for right hand or wrist pathology until many years after service and arthritis was not shown during or within one year of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand/wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20064339
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