The Board has granted a separate 10 percent rating for the veteran's limitation of motion in his right elbow, apart from the pain and tenderness caused by his scar. The other claims for service connection have been remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran had sufficient limitation of motion to warrant a separate 10 percent rating under Code 5206 for his right elbow, which is not part of the underlying scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual scar on right forearm with chronic pain in right elbow and wrist, Stomach disorder (not specified), Hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0117545
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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