The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the right upper extremity disability and a 40 percent rating for the left upper extremity disability, effective throughout the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated severe incomplete paralysis of the affected nerves throughout the period on appeal, warranting higher ratings under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- de Quervain's syndrome, tendinopathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, carpal instability, wrist interosseous nerve neurectomies
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061691
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
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