The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a burn injury to the right hand do not warrant a compensable evaluation, as they do not meet the criteria for any specific rating under VA's Schedule for Rating Disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected residuals of a burn injury did not result in skin damage or limitation of function that would qualify for a compensable evaluation based on Diagnostic Codes 7801-7805.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the right wrist, status post surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0119047
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