The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's residuals of surgery to remove the right distal clavicle, effective from October 31, 1996.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had deformity and hypermobility of his right clavicle with associated pain and weakness. The current findings were consistent with a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5202 for malunion of the major humerus, which was assigned as the disability is analogous to a distal fracture or separation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Clavicle Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0002078
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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