The Board has determined that the veteran's decreased grip strength of the right hand warrants a 30 percent rating, effective from May 2001.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows moderate to severe impairment in the veteran's ability to grasp and pick up small items with his right hand, consistent with incomplete paralysis of the musculospiral nerve (radial nerve).
- Claimed conditions
- Decreased grip strength of the right hand, Degenerative arthritis of the right wrist, Residuals of a first metacarpal bone fracture (thumb)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0618807
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What this means for you
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