The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for aphonia, restored the 60 percent rating for bladder dysfunction, and denied SMC based on loss of use of the right upper extremity.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's RUE had functional impairment such that no effective function remained other than that which would be equally well served by an amputation with prosthesis. The Veteran met the criteria for a 60 percent rating under DC 6519 for aphonia, and the reduction of his bladder dysfunction rating was improper.
- Claimed conditions
- aphonia, bladder dysfunction, RUE peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111084
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