The Board has awarded a compensable evaluation for right hand scars, denied service connection for neurological impairment of the right hand, and found new and material evidence to have been submitted to reopen the claim for hepatitis C. The veteran's claims regarding neurological impairment are not well grounded.
The deciding factor: The VA physician changed his earlier opinion based on private nerve conduction studies which revealed no neurological impairment of the right hand.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand scars, Neurological impairment of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0009149
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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