The Board finds that the veteran's postoperative Kienbock's disease, left wrist, more closely approximates moderate pronation with fixation of the hand than loss of supination and pronation of the forearm. Therefore, an evaluation in excess of 20 percent is denied.
The deciding factor: The most recent examination indicated complete loss of motion due to pain, but no evidence of fixation of the hand in either supination or hyperpronation.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative Kienbock's disease, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0102857
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