The Board denied an initial compensable disability evaluation for shortening of the right leg, finding that the veteran's symptomatology did not warrant a higher rating under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The veteran's shortening of the right leg was found to be less than the minimum requirement for a compensable evaluation (2 centimeters), and his complaints were deemed insufficient to support an increased disability evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Shortening of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0203838
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- Denied
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- Denied
The veteran's appeals for higher evaluations for his right leg shortening, gunshot wound residuals, scar on the thigh, and deformity of the lower back plates were denied. The most favorable evaluation assigned was 40 percent for the muscle damage residuals from a gunshot wound to the right thigh.
- Denied
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