The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current left hand disability separate from her service-connected cervical spine strain and radiculopathy, and therefore denies the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no additional chronic left hand disability and explained that the symptoms are related to cervical radiculopathy which is already service connected.
- Claimed conditions
- Left hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24006210
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