The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected median and ulnar neuropathy of the left hand does not warrant a disability evaluation in excess of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows mild to moderate impairment, with no severe or complete paralysis of either nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- median neuropathy of the left hand, ulnar neuropathy of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0021648
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for ulnar neuropathy of the left and right hands due to incomplete information in prior VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the service-connected ulnar neuropathy of the left hand, which is currently at its highest possible rating under Diagnostic Code 8516. The Veteran's symptoms and functional impairment are considered to be equivalent to loss of use of the left hand, warranting this higher rating.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appellant has withdrawn their appeal, resulting in the dismissal of this case.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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