The VA has granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the chest and a 10 percent rating for the service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left lower leg. Service connection is also established for arthritis, which is considered secondary to the service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA found that new evidence had reopened the claim for arthritis, establishing it as secondary to the service-connected chest and leg wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of shell fragment wound to the chest, Arthritis of left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0204332
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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.
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