The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right forearm, primarily manifested by median nerve neuropathy, do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The muscle impairment due to shell fragment wounds of the right forearm more nearly approximates moderately severe than severe and overlaps with the functional impairment from the median nerve injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right forearm, neuropathy of the median nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0509809
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