The Veteran's service-connected right thumb laceration with sensory nerve injury is granted. The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the right knee is currently rated at 10 percent and remains unchanged.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of compensable limitation of motion for either condition, thus preventing a higher rating under applicable DCs.
- Claimed conditions
- Right thumb laceration with sensory nerve injury, Degenerative arthritis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- A19003528
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Decisions by this judge: 1,030 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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