The Board has determined that a 20 percent evaluation is warranted for the service-connected right middle finger disability prior to August 29, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms and impairment were found to be congruent with amputation at the metatarsal joint level, warranting the maximum schedular rating of 20 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the right middle finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1829312
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for residuals of a fracture of the right middle finger was denied. The Board found no additional functional loss due to pain and concluded that the Veteran is not entitled to a higher rating.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder was reopened based on new evidence, but the issue remains pending as it has been remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable rating are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and thus does not meet the criteria for a TDIU.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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