The Board denied all claims for increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected disabilities involving shell fragment wounds. The RO continued to deny the claims for higher ratings for residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm, shell fragment wound residual scars of the lower left neck and chest, and shell fragment wound residual scar of the right axilla.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examinations did not reveal any additional functional impairment or associated symptoms that would warrant a rating higher than 10 percent for these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the right arm, shell fragment wound residual scars of the lower left neck and chest, shell fragment wound residual scar of the right axilla, shell fragment wound to the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0120170
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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 increased evaluation of his service-connected shell fragment wound to the right hip is being remanded due to incomplete development and compliance with VCAA requirements.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm with right radial nerve palsy are currently rated at 30 percent, which is the maximum available rating. The evidence does not support an increase in this rating.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound to the right hip, with degenerative joint disease as a residual, warrants an initial disability rating of 10 percent.
- Granted
The June 1947 rating decision incorrectly did not assign a compensable evaluation for the service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm, which was found to be a through-and-through wound. The RO's error is considered clear and unmistakable.
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