The Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the right bicep with partial paralysis of the right median nerve are rated at 50 percent, which is higher than the currently assigned 30 percent rating. The other issues remain unchanged.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate severe incomplete paralysis of the median nerve of the dominant extremity, warranting a 50% rating under Diagnostic Code 8515.
- Claimed conditions
- splenectomy, residuals of gunshot wound to the right biceps with partial paralysis of the right median nerve, right medial biceps scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1338852
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