The Board found that the veteran's right elbow disability, while painful and limited in range of motion, did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 10 percent under any applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed no impairment of the ulna or radius, no ankylosis, and full range of motion with only mild limitation of function due to pain. The veteran's disability was rated as 'direct' (not based on a presumption like PACT Act/Agent Orange/Camp Lejeune).
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608471
What this means for you
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