The Veteran's service-connected laceration, right hand, dorsal aspect of interosseus space is currently rated at 30 percent and the Board finds that this rating adequately reflects his disability.
The deciding factor: VA examinations have consistently found mild incomplete paralysis of the radial nerve, which corresponds to a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8514.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration, right hand, dorsal aspect of interosseus space
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189913
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