The Board has granted an effective date of January 27, 2010 for the grant of a 30 percent evaluation for the service-connected right wrist disability to include ankylosis. The Veteran's claim for service connection for impairment of radial, ulnar and median nerves as secondary to his right wrist condition is denied due to lack of evidence showing neurological impairment prior to April 7, 2020.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show findings of neurological impairment attributed to the service-connected right wrist disability prior to April 7, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist ankylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2021
- Citation
- A21017116
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted an extension of a temporary total rating for convalescence for the Veteran's right wrist disability through December 31, 2017. A 30 percent rating was also granted for right wrist tendonitis prior to April 1, 2020. However, a higher than 30 percent rating for right wrist ankylosis from April 1, 2020 onwards is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional error regarding the Veteran's right wrist surgery and post-operative care, as well as discrepancies in X-ray interpretations by VA physicians.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence and for a reconsideration of the Veteran's right wrist ankylosis rating. The TDIU issue is also being referred for extraschedular consideration.
- Denied
The Veteran's right wrist disability, which includes arthritis and ankylosis, is rated at 10 percent due to painful motion. The Board found that the condition does not meet criteria for higher ratings as there was no evidence of ankylosis or incapacitating episodes.
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