The Board has denied service connection for a left wrist and hand disability, including as secondary to a service-connected left ring finger disability. The Veteran's current diagnoses of left ulnar styloid process fracture, left hand arthritis, and left wrist osteoarthritis are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The November 2019 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's left wrist and hand disabilities were not incurred in or caused by service. The examiner noted that the Veteran had a distal phalanx (tuft) fracture of the left fourth (ring) finger in November 1960, which appeared to have healed after weeks of splinting.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ulnar styloid process fracture, Left hand arthritis, Left wrist osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23003829
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