The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for the veteran's service-connected right wrist fusion, finding that the current rating adequately reflects his disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right wrist is fused in neutral position with no ulnar or radial deviation, and he does not have unfavorable ankylosis. The functional impairment due to pain, weakness, and fatigability has been considered in assigning a 40 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a right wrist fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0217800
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for the postoperative residuals of a right wrist fracture was denied. The claim for a total rating by reason of individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's postoperative residuals of a right wrist fracture and gastroesophageal reflux disease do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating. The combined effect of his multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities interferes with normal employability, warranting a 10 percent rating.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's service-connected left thumb injury disability is rated at 10 percent, and he was granted an extraschedular evaluation for the residuals of that condition. The claim for an extraschedular evaluation for his postoperative right wrist fracture residuals was denied.,The veteran has a history of service-connected injuries to both thumbs and wrists, with the left thumb injury being rated at 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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