The Veteran's service-connected left hand condition, characterized by pain and tingling, is currently rated at a 10 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record shows consistent complaints of pain and tingling in the left hand. The disability most nearly approximates a 10 percent evaluation for incomplete paralysis of the median nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the first, third and fourth digits of the left hand, left hand numbness and tingling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1021022
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