The Board finds that the veteran's left ulnar nerve entrapment does not meet or approximate the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support more than mild incomplete paralysis, and any loss of range of motion is addressed in another service-connected disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left ulnar nerve entrapment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2005
- Citation
- 0500782
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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