The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar strain with thoracic spurring and residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left forearm, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 20 percent for the latter condition.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination showed mild incomplete paralysis of the minor radial nerve, without any associated muscle, bone or artery damage. The veteran's symptoms were primarily manifested by sensory and motor deficits related to his shrapnel wound.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain with thoracic spurring, residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0106898
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