The Board has determined that the veteran's right wrist disability, including arthritis, warrants a 20 percent rating but not an increased one.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a higher evaluation as the current disability is rated under the criteria for injury to Muscle Group VIII and currently manifests no more than moderately severe disability of this group.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0203997
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