The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for the veteran's service-connected Muscle Group XVII injury, residuals of a shell fragment wound, right buttock. The claim for secondary service connection for osteoarthritis, right hip, was remanded to the RO.
The deciding factor: Medical examinations did not indicate moderately severe or more significant impairment in muscle function and scars.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle Group XVII injury, Osteoarthritis, right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0407366
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