The Board has determined that the January 1946 rating action denying service connection for amputation of the right ring finger was clearly and unmistakably erroneous, and service connection is granted. The effective date for a compensable rating for a surgical scar on the palm of the right hand remains at November 1982.
The deciding factor: The pre-service residuals of injury to the right ring finger increased in severity during service and were aggravated by wartime service.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the right ring finger
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0019256
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