The Board has granted service connection for bilateral wrist conditions, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses of bilateral wrist tendonitis are related to her active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by Dr. R.P. established a nexus between the Veteran's currently diagnosed bilateral wrist tendonitis and her service, as it was at least as likely as not related to her service due to prolonged exposure to physical factors such as typing.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24029916
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral wrist disabilities due to conflicting medical evidence and a need for an addendum opinion. The issues are whether his current diagnoses of wrist tendonitis, radial tunnel syndrome, arthralgia, and scapholunate are related to his active service or if they were caused by his service-connected elbow disabilities.
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