The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the left lower extremity warrant a rating of 20 percent, effective as of the date of this decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows moderate muscle damage to Muscle Group XII and through-and-through injury to Muscle Group XI, which warrants a moderately severe disability under the old and revised criteria for evaluating muscle injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0215304
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