The Veteran's second metacarpal disability was granted a 10 percent rating effective May 29, 2015. The Board denied higher ratings for the thoracolumbar strain.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show ankylosis or other conditions that would warrant a higher rating for the second metacarpal disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Second Metacarpal Fracture, Thoracolumbar Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20026162
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