The Veteran's right elbow bursitis has been essentially asymptomatic throughout the appeal period, with full range of motion and no pain. As a result, he does not meet the criteria for any compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right elbow demonstrated normal range of motion without objective evidence of painful motion during the entire appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1731688
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