The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the residuals of a 5th digit fracture of the right hand and denied a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss. The other claims for service connection were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported symptoms, including painful limitation of range of motion in his right-hand 5th digit, supported the grant of a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5230-5010. However, the evidence did not support a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as PTSD), Bilateral hearing loss, Migraine headaches, Radicular paresthesia of the left sciatic nerve, Radicular paresthesia of the right sciatic nerve, Residuals of 5th digit fracture of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056288
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 575 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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