The Board has determined that the veteran's right femur disability does not warrant an increased rating beyond the current 10 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any additional impairment of motion or other compensable symptoms, and therefore, no higher rating is warranted under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Femur Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0025734
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the service-connected right femur disability effective from June 29, 2011. The claim for an earlier effective date for radiculopathy was also granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right femur disability and right knee scar, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating than the current 30 percent assigned for the right femur disability or the 10 percent assigned for the right knee scar.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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