The Board granted a 50 percent rating for right medial nerve injury and right upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, finding that the evidence is approximately balanced in favor of severe incomplete paralysis during the entire appeal period.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's reported symptoms and the examination findings, which more closely approximated severe incomplete paralysis under Diagnostic Code 8515.
- Claimed conditions
- right medial nerve injury, right upper extremity diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24031668
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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 23, 2019, for the award of service connection for diabetic neuropathy in all extremities.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and special monthly compensation, as these claims were granted under the PACT Act on August 10, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for initial compensable ratings due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding notice of the right to a hearing under 38 C.F.R. § 3.103(d)(1).
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, erectile dysfunction, and diabetic neuropathy affecting both upper extremities.
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