The veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection were granted, with the effective date set at February 9, 1989. The right elbow disability claim was reopened due to new evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence presented supports reopening of the claim for a right elbow disability secondary to the left elbow disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Left Elbow (minor), Ulnar Neuropathy of the Right Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0126946
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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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