The Veteran's service-connected right middle finger fracture is granted a 10 percent rating, effective December 30, 2014.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the assignment of a 10 percent rating for residuals of right middle finger fracture based on complaints and findings for limitation of motion of the DIP joint of the right middle (long) finger.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Middle Finger Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194525
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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