The Board has determined that a noncompensable disability evaluation is appropriate for the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the right fifth finger.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an increase in disability rating beyond noncompensable, as there are no objective findings indicating more than ankylosis of the right fifth finger.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the right fifth finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0118424
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