The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for left arm and left forearm shell fragment wounds, as well as for left elbow epicondylitis. The veteran is currently rated at 10 percent for each of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's left arm and left forearm shrapnel wounds are manifested by tenderness and mild functional impairment, warranting a non-compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 5306. The Board has also granted service connection for left elbow epicondylitis as secondary to his service-connected shell fragment wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm shell fragment wound, left forearm shell fragment wound, left elbow epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0702644
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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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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right elbow epicondylitis, finding that the conditions were incurred during active service.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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