The Board has granted service connection for cutaneous nerve damage to the right leg, secondary to a service-connected shrapnel wound. The veteran's PTSD and migraine headaches are rated at their highest possible evaluation of 50 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing that the veteran's current neurological condition is related to his service-connected shrapnel wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- Cutaneous nerve damage to the right leg, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0325474
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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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