The Veteran's right arm injury, including wrist and elbow fractures, resulted in arthritis. The Board has granted a separate initial disability rating of 10 percent for residuals of a right arm injury (residuals of fractures of the right wrist).
The deciding factor: X-ray findings confirmed posttraumatic osteoarthritis changes in the radiocarpal joint space.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Right Wrist, Fracture of the Right Elbow (formerly known as 'residuals of a right arm injury')
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1706319
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current traumatic arthritis of the right wrist began during his active military service and is granted service connection for this condition. The issue of entitlement to service connection for degenerative joint disease, generalized, claimed a joint pain due an undiagnosed illness remains pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's right wrist disability is rated at 20 percent, the highest available under Diagnostic Code 5010 for traumatic arthritis. The claim for a higher evaluation is denied as there are no criteria met for a higher rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's right wrist disability is rated at 20 percent, the highest schedular evaluation for arthritis of the major upper extremity. The appeal is denied as the evidence does not meet or more nearly approximate the criteria for a higher rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the right wrist is currently rated at 10 percent and no higher, as there is non-compensable limitation of motion and x-ray evidence of arthritis. The Veteran does not meet criteria for a higher rating based on ankylosis or other diagnostic codes.
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