The Board has granted service connection for a right elbow disability and assigned a 10 percent rating. The low back disability is also service-connected, with a non-compensable rating initially assigned but now at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right elbow disability was found to have limited flexion to 125 degrees, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5206. The low back disability had range of motion to 80 degrees of flexion and 30 degrees of extension without objective evidence of pain or weakness.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Disability, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0117974
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What this means for you
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