The Board has restored the Veteran's 20% rating for left upper extremity ulnar neuropathy, effective October 17, 2015.
The deciding factor: The reduction from 20% to 10% was not supported by evidence showing improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20006645
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for left and right upper extremity ulnar neuropathy.
- Partly granted
The Board denied higher ratings for several conditions but remanded the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left upper extremity ulnar neuropathy and mononeuropathy multiplex have been granted an initial 30 percent rating, but no higher, for the entire period on appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has vacated the July 2018 decision denying an earlier effective date for service connection of left upper extremity ulnar neuropathy and remanded the case to consider new evidence submitted by the Veteran's attorney.
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