The veteran's service-connected fracture of the right hand results in pain and tenderness, warranting a 10% rating.
The deciding factor: The disability is productive of pain and tenderness, which justifies the assigned 10% rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the fifth metacarpal of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0831974
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