The Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for a right elbow disorder was granted. His left wrist scar is rated at 10 percent due to its size and function.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including the Veteran's lay statements and medical records, raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim that his current right arm/elbow problems are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Arm/Elbow Disability, Left Hand/Wrist Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1618359
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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