The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability has been granted, but the effective date remains to be determined. The RO must obtain additional medical and employment records to determine if the veteran was unemployable due to service-connected disabilities prior to November 12, 1998.
The deciding factor: The RO needs to gather more information about the veteran's employment status and medical history to make a determination on whether he was unemployable due to his service-connected conditions before the effective date of November 12, 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle Group XIV, right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0112238
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to inadequate examination reports and missing VA treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected shell fragment wound disabilities to the right thigh are being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected shell fragment wound (SFW) to Muscle Groups XIII, XIV, and XV in the right thigh are being remanded due to deficiencies in the examination reports.
- 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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