The Board has restored the Veteran's right elbow limitation of supination and pronation rating from 20 percent to 20 percent effective July 1, 2020. The reduction was improper due to lack of evidence showing actual improvement in the ability to function under ordinary conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show an actual change in the Veteran's disability that would justify a reduction from 20% to 10%.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24079898
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