Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the service-connected left elbow disability and TDIU from September 16, 2009.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed consistent signs of muscle injury affecting the left arm with visible or measurable atrophy since September 29, 2014, warranting a 30 percent rating under Code 5305 for severe muscle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left elbow residuals of supracondylar fracture with limitation of motion, mild post-traumatic arthritis and osteoarthritis, and osteomyelitis with ankylosis, Left elbow muscular weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25001636
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