how much disability pay do you think a person who had a surgery for a broken wrist in the army would get if it

Question

stilled bothered them after the surgery?

Answer 1

none

Answer 2

I have a disability for my wrist it's categorized as 10%, I'm also disabled for shoulder and PSTD for a grand total of 40%. You should file a VA Claim once you're out of the military. I've included the online applilcation form that you can go back and complete, you need to have a copy of your military medical records. File for any injury that you received while in the military and still gives you pain, and then be ready after your application is received to travel to your nearest VA to have a physical. They will contact you if they have problems locating your actual mlilitary medical records, so if you've moved since ETS make sure you tell them in your application where you initially ETS'd from because your records will be sent to the nearest VA hospital to that address. There's lots of things to do if you get lost or confused contact a VFW/American Legion or a state VA rep that can help you answer any questions you might have. Good Luck. It took my application 6 months before I was called and then close to a year before it was finalized, but once it is you'll receive back pay on whatever disability your receive to the date you filed your application.

Answer 3

It happened in the military so under most circumstances it would be a Service-Connected which means it would be compensation at 0% if there was no loss of function in doing a job.
If there was a loss of motion or pain or strength then it would be rated according to how much it would make the person less functional on the job.
Maybe for no substantial limitation 10% to 30%.
One of my clients when I was working with a non-profit lost total use of one arm. He was granted 40% when he was discharged as a permanent disability. However, it had been three years and he was talking about suicide because he was living at his aunts house for lack of money.
I sent him the counseling and a year later he was granted 90% for the combination of the loss of one arm with pain, and a grant of Service Disability for Depression as a result of the loss of his arm.
So, it just depends. Also you should know that a private doctors diagnoses is just as strong in terms of evidence as a Veteran's Administration Doctors diagnoses. Which means, if the private doctor considers the loss of function higher than the VA doctors sense of the loss of function, the VA has to take the private doctors professional opinion into consideration in rating of the disability.
Good Luck
zvirgil2

Answer 4

It'll depend on the functionality of the joint. Can you use it? Is it as strong as it was before? etc. Pain CAN qualify for some compensation but it won't be much, and is tough to get cause of it's difficulty in proving. the Army or VA is good at being tightwads. I've had total knee replacement on both knees, but since they work just fine, I only get a small amount per month for the occaisional pain. Not complaining, just a fact.

Answer 5

I broke my arm in 3 places 6 years ago during a training event. When I retired I got 10% disability for this injury...

Answer 6

I say that it depends on whether you've lost range of motion or strength in that joint. It also would depend on whether the injured wrist is attached to your dominant hand or not. If you've suffered any of the above impairments, and it's your dominant hand, I would say 10% is appropriate.

Answer 7

None. I've people who get 0 disability money from the government who are paraplegics because they can still do work with their hands..

Answer 8

My husband got 10% for his wrist.

Answer 9

20-30% i'm 30% disabled and the VA helps a lot, make sure that you keep really good records of everything medical, bills, doctor visits, dd214, everything!!!

Answer 10

well its gonna more than likely hurt the rest of his/hers life that's for sure. Depends on a lot of factor's in that equation

Answer 11

it all depends,,, Believe it or not but there are still vets out there trying to get compensated for what they incurred during Vietnam... Agent orange....Good Luck..