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8515diagnostic code
A VA Board of Veterans Appeals decision cites Diagnostic Code 8515 of 38 CFR 4.124a for the rating of carpal tunnel syndrome in the right and left upper extremities.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Diagnostic Code 8515 (2017). 2. The criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent for CTS of the left upper extremity are not met”
Board of Veterans' Appeals decision on carpal tunnel syndrome ratings (2018), Board of Veterans' Appeals, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018, Issues and Conclusions of Law.
Open the original- What it measures
- Board decisions list the upper extremities separately, so each hand or arm can carry its own rating.
- What it does not show
- One 2018 decision, shown as an example of the Board's practice. Your own rating depends on your medical evidence and the Board's current rules.