The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for his claimed left arm condition and left hand disability, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided medical opinions indicating no etiologically related incident seen in the Veteran's service treatment records related to his current left arm condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm condition, ulnar neuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23061720
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