The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the service-connected gunshot scar of the left leg and denied any increase in ratings for the other conditions. The veteran's left foot disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The VA examination findings supported the current 10% evaluation for the service connected gunshot scar of the left leg, with no evidence of additional functional loss or impairment not already accounted for in the existing rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the left foot, fracture of the first metatarsal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0104995
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