The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right forearm, Muscle Group VII, fractured ulna do not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show impairment of the radius or ulna with nonunion, significant limitation of motion of the elbow or wrist, impairment of pronation beyond the last quarter of the arc, more than moderate muscle injury impairment, diseases of peripheral nerves, or scars that are deep, unstable, painful, extensive, symptomatic, or limit function.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the right forearm, fractured ulna
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0715618
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