The Board has granted an initial 30 percent evaluation for right ulnar neuropathy, effective from October 6, 1996.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran's right ulnar neuropathy had resulted in moderate disability, warranting a 30 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0618051
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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