The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the left wrist warrants a disability rating of 20 percent, based on favorable ankylosis in 20 to 30 degrees dorsiflexion.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence shows significant osteoarthritis and autofusion of some bones in the left wrist, resulting in limited range of motion, especially on ulnar and radial deviation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of Left Wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0620652
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