The veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, and his residuals of shell fragment wounds to muscle groups XI and XII are currently evaluated at 30 percent. The higher evaluations for the muscle group disabilities are granted.
The deciding factor: PTSD was found to meet criteria warranting a 70% evaluation based on occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including work and family relations. Residuals of shell fragment wounds to muscle groups XI and XII were rated at 30 percent as the disability is no more than severe.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, Multiple shrapnel wounds to muscle groups XI and XII with skin grafts, arthrotomy of the right knee, total anterior muscle damage from the knee to the ankle, neuroma in the scar of the heel
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0006204
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