The Veteran's right elbow olecranon bursitis is currently rated at 10 percent, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran has functional impairment and pain on use without additional limitation due to flare-ups or other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow olecranon bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0912594
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What this means for you
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