The Board has granted service connection for bilateral wrist disabilities and inguinal hernias, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's private orthopedic surgeon provided a probative opinion indicating that his wrist disabilities were related to his twenty years of physical activity in service. The Board found this opinion sufficient to grant service connection for the bilateral wrist disabilities and inguinal hernias, as it is consistent with the medical record.
- Claimed conditions
- Left wrist degenerative arthritis, Right wrist degenerative arthritis, Inguinal hernias
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21041638
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