The Board denied service connection for right wrist and hand disorders, left wrist and hand disorders, and a right arm and elbow disorder as secondary to service-connected fibromyalgia due to lack of evidence showing continuity of symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established because the Veteran did not show continuity of symptoms within one year after separation from service or provide competent medical evidence linking her current conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist and hand disorder, Left wrist and hand disorder, Right arm and elbow disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22043967
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