The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities do not warrant increased ratings for his shell fragment wounds to the left shoulder and right thigh.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the left shoulder, shell fragment wound to the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0109847
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Granted
The Veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left shoulder are rated at 40 percent, effective September 26, 2006.
- 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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and found that the veteran's left shoulder disability is currently evaluated as 20 percent disabling. The claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left shoulder remains denied.
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