The Board denied service connection for a left hand disability, including carpal tunnel syndrome and peripheral neuropathy, as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or chronic symptoms during service, and the Veteran's symptoms did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of service separation.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence is against findings that there were chronic symptoms of left hand disability (left hand carpal tunnel syndrome and left hand peripheral neuropathy) during service or continuous post-service symptoms since service separation, as well as no in-service injury or event pertaining to the left hand.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, left hand peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24067236
What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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