The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound residuals of the right thigh, finding that the injury is moderate in nature.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the initial injury was due to a through-and-through or deep penetrating wound by a small high-velocity missile, warranting a moderately severe muscle injury evaluation under DC 4.56(c)(d).
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound residuals of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2005
- Citation
- 0525190
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's shell fragment wound residuals of the right thigh, with numbness and paresthesias, warrant a 20 percent rating. Additionally, the degenerative joint disease of the right knee is separately rated at 10 percent.
- Denied
The VA denied an increased rating for the veteran's shell fragment wound residuals of the right thigh, currently evaluated at 30 percent.
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