The Board has denied service connection for chronic right wrist pain, chronic left wrist pain, chronic right ankle pain, and chronic left ankle pain as there is no current diagnosis of a wrist or ankle disability related to any disease or injury in service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability or functional limitation due to pain in the wrists or ankles, and the Veteran's reports of in-service injuries are not supported by the record.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right wrist pain, chronic left wrist pain, chronic right ankle pain, chronic left ankle pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2023
- Citation
- 23045954
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for left wrist pain and right wrist sprain, leading to the dismissal of these claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic left ankle pain is being returned to the AOJ for further action.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic right ankle pain, chronic left ankle pain, right elbow strain (dominant), left elbow strain (non-dominant), chronic right wrist pain (dominant), chronic left wrist pain (non-dominant), and chronic left knee pain were denied in the November 2019 rating decision. The Veteran did not file a Notice of Disagreement within one year, so the decision became final.,The Veteran filed a Supplemental Claim on September 26, 2019, which was received by VA and granted service connection for these conditions effective from that date.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for left wrist strain and remanded the claims for chronic right ankle pain and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine due to insufficient evidence in the record.
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