The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for her right upper extremity disability was granted, with the effective date being January 1, 2000. The rating of 40% from March 25, 2008 to May 17, 2016 and 20% from May 17, 2016 to December 13, 2016 were also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were consistent with mild incomplete paralysis of the right upper extremity, which would have entitled her to a 20 percent rating under DC 8510. The preponderance of evidence supported moderate and mild symptoms from March 25, 2008 to May 17, 2016 and from May 17, 2016 to December 13, 2016 respectively.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrous histiocytoma, nerve pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129521
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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