The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to a 10 percent rating for psoriatic arthritis of the left thumb since August 26, 2002.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show limitation of motion or ankylosis so as to warrant a higher rating, and the claimant's symptoms are considered in determining the appropriate disability evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis of the left thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0619868
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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.
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