The Board has granted the veteran's claims for temporary total ratings based on periods of residence at COPIN in 1990 and denied his claim for annual clothing allowance for 1998.
The deciding factor: The veteran's stay at COPIN was not considered hospital treatment, thus not meeting the criteria for a temporary total rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.29.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, fracture of left thumb, shell fragment wound to left hand, residual scar of shell fragment wound to left forearm, folliculitis of groin area, gunshot wound 3rd finger left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0110022
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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