The Veteran's request for an extension of a temporary total rating based on surgical or other treatment necessitating convalescence beyond October 31, 2007 was denied as the evidence did not show severe postoperative residuals such as incompletely healed surgical wounds, stumps of recent amputations, therapeutic immobilization of one major joint or more, application of a body cast, the necessity for house confinement, the necessity for continued use of a wheelchair or crutches with regular weight-bearing prohibited, or immobilization by cast.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show severe postoperative residuals such as incompletely healed surgical wounds, stumps of recent amputations, therapeutic immobilization of one major joint or more, application of a body cast, the necessity for house confinement, the necessity for continued use of a wheelchair or crutches with regular weight-bearing prohibited, or immobilization by cast.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1549799
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