The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of shell fragment wounds of the back and right arm warrant a 10 percent evaluation, effective from when his claim was filed.
The deciding factor: The VA examination findings supported the need for a 10 percent rating based on moderate muscle impairment in both the back and right arm.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds of the back, shell fragment wound of the right arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0007957
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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