The Board finds that the veteran's claim for service connection for a gunshot wound to the back is denied as there is no competent evidence of such injury in service.
The deciding factor: No competent evidence has been submitted to establish that the veteran has a back disability attributable to a gunshot wound in service.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0016157
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records from the Las Vegas Central Clinic.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities are found to be of such severity that they preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability.
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