The veteran's hospitalization from March 1-31, 1995 was not for a service-connected disability and did not involve treatment of any service-connected condition for more than 21 days.
The deciding factor: The veteran received treatment for non-service connected conditions during the hospitalization, which precluded entitlement to a temporary total disability rating based on hospitalization due to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis in left elbow, Left ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0209382
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What this means for you
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