The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected disabilities have been granted, with the highest evaluation assigned being 30 percent for the residuals of shell fragment wounds to the left foot.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the veteran's service-connected disabilities had worsened and met the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of shell fragment wounds to the left foot, Residuals of shell fragment wounds behind the left knee, Residuals of shell fragment wounds to the left thigh, Residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0515226
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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