The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a compound fracture of the left femur and assigned a noncompensable evaluation effective June 25, 1997. The veteran's current disability is manifested by left hip pain that is comparable to malunion with slight hip disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran had full squatting capability bilaterally at 133 degrees of flexion and 0 degrees of extension, indicating a finding consistent with malunion of the femur with slight hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- compound fracture of the left femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0302621
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU were denied as the evidence did not support granting higher disability ratings or a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected residual scar from a left femur fracture located over quadriceps, muscle group XIV warrants only a 10 percent evaluation.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's cause of death was not related to his service-connected disabilities, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the spine and an initial rating for residuals of a compound fracture of the left femur, finding that there is no evidence to support his assertions of in-service injury or continuity of symptomatology.
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