The VA has granted service connection for the veteran's disabilities and assigned a 20 percent evaluation for residuals of a shell fragment wound of the mid chest with retained foreign bodies. The other issues have been denied.
The deciding factor: The criteria for an increased rating were not met as the veteran's pulmonary function test results did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent under Diagnostic Code 6843.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee, Residuals of a Shell Fragment Wound of the Mid Chest with Retained Foreign Bodies and Scar, Residuals of a Right Thumb Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0202851
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