The appeal for revision of the December 1, 1953 rating decision was granted to reflect a special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the right hand. Other appeals were denied.
The deciding factor: The December 1, 1953 rating decision contained factual and legal errors in denying entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the right hand, which would have resulted in a different outcome but for those errors.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity muscle injury, right hand scars, facial scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029426
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,432 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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