The Board has granted a higher initial disability rating of 10 percent for the veteran's service-connected right forearm tendonitis, effective from July 1, 1997.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated functional loss due to pain and tenderness in the area of the elbow, which equated to compensable loss of motion of the elbow. The veteran also had instances of swelling, pain, discomfort to resistance, and a slightly weakened hand grip affecting the right wrist, resulting in some functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm tendonitis, right elbow epicondylitis, right wrist tenosynovitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0210986
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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