The Board has granted service connection for reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper extremity as secondary to the service-connected residuals of the mid-shaft ulnar fracture, status post open reduction internal fixation, right forearm.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the reflex sympathetic dystrophy was caused by the residuals of the mid-shaft ulnar fracture, and the decision grants service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2015
- Citation
- 1550722
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What this means for you
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