Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent disabling for left upper extremity radiculopathy with left elbow ulnar nerve entrapment, finding that the evidence supported a 20 percent rating under DC 8516.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA examiner's opinion indicated moderate incomplete paralysis of the left ulnar nerve, which equates to the 20 percent disability rating under DC 8516.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy with left elbow ulnar nerve entrapment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018244
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