EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT HAND ON PALLET IN 1990. EE REPORTS ON 5-29 THAT OVER THE YEARS THE HAND WOULD SWELL AND CAUSE PAIN. ON 5-29, NOTICED EE HAD A BRACE ON RT HAND. QUESTIONED EE ABOUT BRACE AND DISCOVERED HIS HAND WAS VERY SWOLLEN. SENT EE TO MD WHO TREATED EE FOR RT WRIST STRAIN. RELEASED EE TO MODIFIED DUTY WITH 15 LBS LIFTING, PUSHING, PULLING RESTRICTION TO RT ARM.