The veteran's increased rating claim for reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper extremity and his bilateral knee disability reopening claim were denied. The low back disability claim was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper extremity, fractures of index, middle, and ring fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0710928
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper extremity as secondary to the service-connected residuals of the mid-shaft ulnar fracture, status post open reduction internal fixation, right forearm.
- Denied
The veteran's claim for compensation benefits for additional disability of the right upper extremity resulting from VA surgery and treatment in 1974 was denied as there is no evidence that his current conditions are related to the 1974 surgery.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper extremity is currently rated at 40 percent, and a higher rating is not warranted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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