The Board has denied an increased rating for traumatic arthritis of the left elbow and granted a 10 percent rating for a gunshot wound scar of the left forearm, resulting in a mixed decision.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current combined 20 percent rating properly compensates him for all residuals of the gunshot wound.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis of the left elbow, Scars of the left forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0007026
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his cause of death, finding that there was no evidence linking any of his service-connected disabilities to his death from septic shock and multi-system failure.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased ratings in excess of 20 percent for traumatic arthritis of the left elbow, left elbow osteoarthritis, and a right knee disability with limitation of flexion. The Veteran's appeal for an increased compensable rating for right knee instability is remanded. Appeals for increased ratings in excess of 10 percent for left lower extremity sciatic neuropathy and right lower extremity sciatic neuropathy are also remanded. The TDIU claim is deferred pending adjudication of the above-mentioned issues.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and scars of the left forearm were denied as there was no evidence to support a compensable rating under VA regulations.
- Denied
The Veteran's combined service-connected disability rating has been evaluated at 70 percent since February 1989. The Board found that the RO correctly applied the bilateral factor and did not warrant a higher evaluation.
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