The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the left calf, with injury to Muscle Group XI, meet the criteria for a 20 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrates that the veteran's muscle group injuries are manifested by through and through or deep penetrating wounds, consistent complaints of cardinal signs and symptoms of muscle disability, including weakness, loss of power, and fatigue-pain; objective findings of entrance and exit scars indicating track of missile through one or more muscle groups; and tests of strength and endurance compared with the sound side demonstrating positive evidence of impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the left calf, injury to Muscle Group XI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0006616
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the left calf are rated at 20 percent effective March 10, 2010. The Board also remanded several issues related to shell fragment wounds for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims were granted with an initial disability rating of 20 percent for injuries to Muscle Group XI and Muscle Group XVII, as well as a separate noncompensable rating for neurologic impairment of the left leg. The effective date is not specified.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's GSW of the left leg, finding that his condition did not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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