The Board found that the veteran's preexisting right hand injury was aggravated during active service and granted service connection for residuals, right hand injury. The initial disability rating for degenerative arthritis of the thoracic and lumbar spine, right elbow and hips remains at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on in-service aggravation of a preexisting right hand injury.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the right hand, arthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637696
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