Fact · Accessibility and health
The VA regulation says that a disability proximately due to, or the result of, a service-connected disease or injury is itself service connected.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“disability which is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury shall be service connected”
38 CFR 3.310: Disabilities that are proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected disease or injury, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Legal Information Institute, n.d., 38 CFR 3.310(a), General.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the route a veteran uses to claim carpal tunnel that developed because of another service-connected condition, such as a wrist or neck injury.
- What it does not show
- The regulation requires medical evidence of the link. Each secondary claim is decided on its own evidence.