The Board has granted service connection for a disability of the right upper extremity and awarded an initial rating of 10 percent. The Veteran's hypertension is rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum allowable under the applicable criteria. The Veteran's uterine fibroids are currently rated at 30 percent from March 8, 2006, with no higher ratings available.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise regarding the in-service incurrence of a disability of the right upper extremity and granted service connection. The Veteran's hypertension did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent under the applicable diagnostic codes. The Veteran's uterine fibroids are rated at 30 percent from March 8, 2006, as they were not controlled by continuous treatment despite being under control prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity disability, Hypertension, Uterine fibroids and status post myomectomy and hysterectomy with removal of uterus and cervix
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18115817
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