Denied
The Board denied service connection for both right and left hand arthritis because the Veteran failed to report for a required VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not attend the scheduled VA examination in January 2023, and there was no good cause provided for this failure.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand arthritis, left hand arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002037
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