The veteran's initial 30 percent rating for PTSD and increased rating for residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left leg, including fracture of the left tibia and malunion with varus deformity are denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that even when painful motion and pain with flare-ups were considered, the veteran did not have nonunion of the left tibia with loose motion or ankylosis of the ankle in plantar flexion at more than 40 degrees, or in dorsiflexion at more than 10 degrees.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left leg, including fracture of the left tibia and malunion with varus deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0014605
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