The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left rotator cuff tendonitis and nerve damage to his left hand, both of which he claimed were secondary to his service-connected chronic left wrist strain.,Both conditions were found not to be proximately due or the result of his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current shoulder and hand conditions were caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left wrist strain.
- Claimed conditions
- left rotator cuff tendonitis, nerve damage left hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000534
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