The Veteran's osteochondritis of the left rib cage is rated as a noncompensable disability due to subjective complaints of pain without functional loss or other abnormality.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show any removal of ribs, arthritis, or limitation of motion that would warrant a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- osteochondritis, rib cage disorder, fractured ribs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2017
- Citation
- 1746003
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