The Board has granted the veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals, including scars, of shell fragment wounds of his lower legs. The case is now remanded to consider whether he is entitled to application of the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine and if so, what the appropriate rating should be.
The deciding factor: The Board has granted service connection based on direct evidence rather than a presumption or secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0121757
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied a disability rating greater than 10 percent prior to June 10, 2021 and greater than 30 percent from June 10, 2021 for the service-connected shell fragment wounds (SFW) to the neck, Muscle Group XXII.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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