The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right hand warrant a disability evaluation in excess of 30 percent, but not more than 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence does not support an increase in the disability rating beyond 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right hand.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0311191
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew it prior to a decision being made.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to June 2, 2002 for a 10 percent rating for service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right hand with scar is dismissed as there was no appealable issue in his case.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating higher than 70 percent on an extra-schedular basis for his right hand disability was denied. The Board found that the residuals of a gunshot wound to the right hand are adequately contemplated by the applicable rating criteria and do not present an exceptional or unusual disability picture warranting an extra-schedular evaluation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by any of his service-connected disabilities, and the Board denies service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
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