The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's neurological deficit and a separate compensable rating for alleged vascular pathology of the left leg associated with his shell fragment wound.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support assigning a higher rating than 10 percent for neuropathy of sensory branches of the superficial peroneal nerve, residual of a shell fragment wound of the left leg. The veteran does not have any vascular impairment of the left leg due to a shell fragment wound.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the left leg, neuropathy of sensory branches of the superficial peroneal nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0030411
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