The Veteran's claims for service connection for various finger conditions are denied. The Board found no current diagnosis of loss of fine motor skills in the fingers and concluded that the Veteran's symptoms were related to his cervical strain with degenerative joint disease, which is separately service connected.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of loss of fine motor skills in any of his fingers. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms were due to his service-connected cervical strain with degenerative joint disease and not related to his finger conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand little finger status post fracture, Right hand ring finger loss of fine motor skills, Right hand thumb loss of fine motor skills, Left hand middle finger loss of fine motor skills, Left hand little finger loss of fine motor skills, Right hand middle finger loss of fine motor skills, Left hand index finger loss of fine motor skills, Right hand index finger loss of fine motor skills, Left hand ring finger loss of fine motor skills, Left hand thumb loss of fine motor skills
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24074825
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Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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