Denied
The Board denied service connection for various left hand conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions were deemed probative as they provided thorough rationale supported by relevant medical literature, concluding that the claimed left hand conditions were less likely than not incurred in or caused by the claimed in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand condition, long finger, left hand condition, little finger, left hand condition, ring finger, left hand condition, index finger, left hand condition, thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106197
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