The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for her service-connected residuals of a distal radial fracture of the right wrist, finding that there was no evidence of compensable limitation of motion or arthritis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any compensable limitation of motion or arthritis in the right wrist.
- Claimed conditions
- distal radial fracture of the right wrist, arthritis due to trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0335584
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