The Veteran's right wrist condition, including her de Quervain's tenosynovitis and arthritis, is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted under the applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an increase in the current 10 percent rating for the Veteran's right wrist condition due to incomplete paralysis of the radial nerve or arthritis, and no other criteria warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Right De Quervain's Tenosynovitis, Right Wrist Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1745953
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