The Board has granted service connection for residuals of injury to the right 4th finger and a fracture of the right 5th metacarpal, but denied an increased rating. The veteran's disabilities are manifested by pain in the right 4th and 5th fingers, with limitation of motion less than one inch.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that the veteran's current service-connected disabilities produce limitation of motion of less than one inch, which is required for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 5223.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of injury to the right 4th finger, fracture of the right 5th metacarpal
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0208280
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