The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected gunshot wound to the right thigh warrants a 30 percent disability rating, which is the maximum available under current regulations.
The deciding factor: The VA found that the appellant's muscle injury from the gunshot wound to the right thigh meets the criteria for a moderately severe muscle disability (30% evaluation) based on the type of injury and the anatomical region involved.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000241
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- Granted
The Veteran's death was ruled due to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and low back pain with degenerative disc disease. The Board found that the criteria for SMC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(s) were met as there was a single service-connected disability rated as total (PTSD) and an additional disability independently ratable at 60 percent (low back pain with degenerative disc disease).
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound by reason of his service-connected disabilities, thus the criteria for SMC based on the need for aid and attendance were not met.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected gunshot wound to the right thigh is currently rated at 10 percent, and no higher evaluation is granted.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause his death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
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