The Board has granted increased ratings for several service-connected disabilities, bringing the combined rating to 60 percent. The veteran's disabilities now preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The combined rating of 60 percent due to multiple service-connected disabilities rendered the veteran unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the neck, shell fragment wound to the left humerus, defect of the left mandible, post-traumatic changes of the left elbow, post-traumatic changes of the left shoulder, scar of the left mandible and neck, scar of the left chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2004
- Citation
- 0430751
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or on account of being housebound is remanded due to incomplete development.
- Granted
The Board granted increased disability evaluations for the veteran's service-connected residuals of shell fragment wounds, with a 30 percent rating assigned for each issue. The effective date is not specified.
- Granted
The veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, including a scar of the left chest and residuals from shrapnel wounds to his shoulders. The major depressive disorder is also considered service-connected.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the March 1954 rating decisions that assigned noncompensable ratings for residuals of shell fragment wounds to the neck, left upper arm, and sacro-coccygeal area. The veteran's claims were denied.
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