The Board has granted an initial increased disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected right (major) wrist disability, effective as of March 7, 2002.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran’s right wrist condition was severe and chronically compromised with weight bearing, warranting a 30% rating under Diagnostic Code 5308.
- Claimed conditions
- Right (major) wrist disability, Nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100031
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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Veteran's right hand and finger disability, which includes fractures of the index, middle, and ring fingers with DJD and nerve damage, has been restored to a 20 percent rating. The reduction in rating was improper due to insufficient evidence showing improvement under ordinary conditions of life.
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