The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left-hand disability, finding that there was no positive diagnosis of left-hand contractures during the appeal period and that the current disability is not etiologically related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There were no positive diagnoses for left-hand contractures during the appeal period, and probative medical evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran's current left-hand disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left-hand contractures, left-hand arthropathy, left-hand arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20076102
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