The Veteran's right forearm and wrist disability, including median nerve neuropathy and anterior interosseous syndrome, is not considered to be due to VA carelessness or negligence.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran's current conditions are proximately due to or the result of VA care or treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Forearm Fracture, Median Nerve Neuropathy, AIN Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1409326
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right forearm disability has been granted a maximum rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of this decision. The claim for service connection for GERD and left arm disorder is remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for residuals of right forearm fracture with limited flexion, extension, and impairment in supination and pronation. The claims are currently under appellate review.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right forearm fracture residuals are currently rated at 30 percent for impairment of supination and pronation, with no compensable rating for limitation of extension. The current ratings adequately reflect the severity of his disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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