The Board has granted an extraschedular rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's right wrist disability, effective March 2017. The Director of Compensation Service found that the Veteran's symptoms caused marked interference with his occupational function beyond what is contemplated by the current 20 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right wrist disability causes significant functional impairment and has resulted in a change to the schedular evaluation, but does not meet the criteria for an extraschedular rating higher than 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- comminuted fracture of the right navicular, degenerative joint disease (right wrist)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1742200
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