The Board has restored the veteran's service-connected rating for a gunshot wound to the back from May 1, 1983.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to apply the correct legal standard in reducing the veteran's disability evaluation and thus rendered the decision void ab initio.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0003916
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the back are manifested by one scar, which does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under VA disability evaluation criteria.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a new VA examination due to the appellant's claim of increased disability since his last examination, which is over five years old.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records from the Las Vegas Central Clinic.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities are found to be of such severity that they preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability.
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