The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise a November 12, 1971 rating decision that granted service connection for right ulnar nerve paralysis and assigned a 40 percent disability rating. The denial was based on the fact that separate muscle group ratings were not combined with the peripheral nerve paralysis rating due to the same body part being affected.
The deciding factor: The failure to assign separate disability ratings for muscle groups VII and VIII associated with right ulnar nerve paralysis, as these injuries affect entirely different functions, did not constitute CUE.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ulnar nerve paralysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20024270
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