The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the schedular criteria for a combined rating of 30 percent, with separate ratings for each disability. The issues of entitlement to extra-schedular ratings have been addressed and are pending.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not present an exceptional or unusual disability picture that would warrant referral for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of Left Thumb and Ring Finger, Degenerative Changes of Left Shoulder, Degenerative Changes of Left Wrist, Residuals of Left Forearm Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0209003
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