The Veteran's left wrist condition is already rated at the maximum 10 percent level due to limitation of motion, and there is no joint ankylosis or separately ratable pathology. The claim for a higher rating is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left wrist DJD has been fully compensated with a 10% disability rating based on limitation of motion, and the condition does not meet criteria for additional ratings due to other symptoms or conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19163491
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to inconsistencies in the medical evidence and the need for additional examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded multiple claims for service connection, including for DJD of various joints and related disabilities such as hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, and tinnitus. The claims are being returned to the RO for further development.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's DJD of the left wrist and left hand disability were not caused by his service-connected left elbow disability or his active military service, and therefore denied both claims.
- 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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