Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 0012549
The deciding factor: The panel found that moderately severe damage to Muscle Group XVII and Muscle Group XIII warranted a 50% rating for left buttock and thigh shell fragment wound muscle residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds of the left buttock, shell fragment wound of the right buttock, neuralgia of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0012549
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for alcohol abuse, bilateral lower extremity neuralgias, and GERD have been denied. The GERD claim is remanded.,Service connection was not granted for the Veteran's claimed conditions due to pre-existing conditions or lack of evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional examinations and testing to determine the current severity of his bilateral lower extremity conditions, including radiculopathy and neuralgia.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the November 1969 rating decision that rated his shell fragment wounds as a single disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for residuals of shell fragment wounds (SFWs) of the left buttock, osteomyelitis of the left humerus, and limitation of motion of the left elbow. The current evaluations are found to be appropriate.
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