The Board has granted a higher evaluation for the veteran's service-connected right lower extremity disability, but only to account for additional manifestations of arthritis and instability. The current rating remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner confirmed that the veteran's symptoms are related to his in-service shell fragment wound and do not appear to be dissociated from it.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0025245
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right thigh, including scars and small retained shrapnel, is being remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an extraschedular rating for the Veteran's service-connected lower back disorder and found that a TDIU is not warranted. The VA Director of Compensation and Pension Service found no evidence to warrant an extraschedular rating.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including review of new rating criteria and provision of VCAA notice.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of December 14, 1993 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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