The Board found no current diagnosis of a left finger disorder, right finger disorder, or bilateral lower extremity nerve pain. The Veteran's STRs were silent for any such conditions during active service.
The deciding factor: VA examiners did not find any current diagnoses of the claimed conditions and noted that the Veteran's symptoms did not rise to a level indicating a medical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Finger Disorder, Right Finger Disorder, Bilateral Lower Extremity Nerve Pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24071244
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 793 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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