The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of malaria and right ankle laceration as there is no evidence of current disabilities.,The RO assigned noncompensable ratings to both conditions under appropriate diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: There are no objective symptoms or diagnoses related to the claimed conditions, leading to a denial of increased rating claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a Right Ankle Laceration, Residuals of Malaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0300409
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Decisions by this judge: 541 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU, as well as remanded several other issues related to his service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, ischemic heart disease, tinnitus, and malaria residuals, are found to be of such nature and severity as to preclude his participation in any regular substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and malaria do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, as he has the capacity to work in a reduced role.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU rating, as they are rated at 80 percent combined. The Board found that his service-connected conditions do not render him incapable of maintaining substantially gainful employment.
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