The Veteran's post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, right cervical area, C3-C4, manifests in pain and modest sensory loss. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating than 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 8411.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence does not indicate severe residuals of the service-connected injury.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, right cervical area, C3-C4
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0946990
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