The Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for service-connected residuals of a left middle finger injury is granted, with a rating of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran had functional limitation due to pain in his left middle finger, warranting a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 5229.
- Claimed conditions
- left middle finger injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1751123
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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