Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for right carpal tunnel syndrome affecting the median nerve prior to December 16, 2024, and a separate 30 percent rating for right CTS affecting the ulnar nerve. The left CTS was rated at 20 percent throughout the initial period, but higher ratings were denied.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated moderate incomplete paralysis under DC 8515 and DC 8516 for both right and left CTS, justifying a 30 percent rating prior to December 16, 2024, but not higher.
- Claimed conditions
- right carpal tunnel syndrome, left carpal tunnel syndrome, right lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003773
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