The Board has granted service connection for a right-hand disability, diagnosed as tendonitis and degenerative joint disease, finding that the Veteran's condition had its onset in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence in equipoise that the Veteran’s right-hand disability (diagnosed as tendonitis and degenerative joint disease) had its onset in service, including her active duty from December 1988 to August 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- tendonitis, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21002999
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What this means for you
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