The veteran's appeal is granted, and he is awarded a rating of 30 percent for his service-connected postoperative residuals of fracture, left distal tibia and fibula, with posterior tibial and common peroneal nerve damage. The other issues are denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's postoperative residuals of fracture, left distal tibia and fibula, with posterior tibial and common peroneal nerve damage, warrant a 30 percent rating based on his current symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of fracture, left distal tibia and fibula, degenerative disc disease and arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, residuals of rupture, left distal anterior tibial artery, residuals of hepatitis C, donor site scars of the right iliac crest and anterior right thigh, defective hearing of the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0203084
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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.
What you can do next
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