The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a fractured right humerus do not warrant a separate or higher rating under the diagnostic codes for nerve damage/paralysis. The effective date for the assignment of a 20 percent disability rating for residuals of a fractured right humerus remains denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the presence of current residuals from the right humerus fracture that would warrant separate or higher ratings under the diagnostic codes for nerve damage/paralysis. The Veteran's symptoms are primarily related to his service-connected right shoulder disability, and there is no indication of a separate condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fractured right humerus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2009
- Citation
- 0931241
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